Echocardiographic abnormalities in primary antibody deficiency
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Echocardiographic abnormalities in primary antibody deficiency.
OBJECTIVE To document cardiac abnormalities secondary to pulmonary disease in primary antibody deficiency. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross sectional audit study of patients from a regional immunology centre. Subjects undergoing two dimensional and Doppler transthoracic echocardiography were reviewed. Ventricular dimensions and function, valvular competence, and estimated pulmonary artery pressur...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.012443