Added Value of Speckle Tracking in the Evaluation of Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02394431

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : March 20, 2015

Last Update Posted : July 26, 2016

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Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Dr Marielle Morissens, Brugmann University Hospital

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	June 2016
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 2016

Publications:

Ahmad H, Gayat E, Yodwut C, Abduch MC, Patel AR, Weinert L, Desai A, Tsang W, Garcia JG, Lang RM, Mor-Avi V. Evaluation of myocardial deformation in patients with sickle cell disease and preserved ejection fraction using three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2012 Sep;29(8):962-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01710.x. Epub 2012 May 8.

Knight-Perry JE, de Las Fuentes L, Waggoner AD, Hoffmann RG, Blinder MA, Davila-Roman VG, Field JJ. Abnormalities in cardiac structure and function in adults with sickle cell disease are not associated with pulmonary hypertension. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Nov;24(11):1285-90. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.07.009. Epub 2011 Aug 27.

Sachdev V, Machado RF, Shizukuda Y, Rao YN, Sidenko S, Ernst I, St Peter M, Coles WA, Rosing DR, Blackwelder WC, Castro O, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT. Diastolic dysfunction is an independent risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Jan 30;49(4):472-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.038. Epub 2007 Jan 16.

Hankins JS, McCarville MB, Hillenbrand CM, Loeffler RB, Ware RE, Song R, Smeltzer MP, Joshi V. Ventricular diastolic dysfunction in sickle cell anemia is common but not associated with myocardial iron deposition. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Sep;55(3):495-500. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22587.

Voskaridou E, Christoulas D, Terpos E. Sickle-cell disease and the heart: review of the current literature. Br J Haematol. 2012 Jun;157(6):664-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2012.09143.x. Epub 2012 Apr 25.

Poludasu S, Ramkissoon K, Salciccioli L, Kamran H, Lazar JM. Left ventricular systolic function in sickle cell anemia: a meta-analysis. J Card Fail. 2013 May;19(5):333-41. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.03.009.

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