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SUBMITTER: Johnson MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2904578 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Mark C MC Kirkham Fenella J FJ Redline Susan S Rosen Carol L CL Yan Yan Y Roberts Irene I Gruenwald Jeanine J Marek Jan J DeBaun Michael R MR
Blood 20100408 1
Premature death and cardiac abnormalities are described in individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD), but the mechanisms are not well characterized. We tested the hypothesis that cardiac abnormalities in children with SCD are related to sleep-disordered breathing. We enrolled 44 children with SCD (mean age, 10.1 years; range, 4-18 years) in an observational study. Standard and tissue Doppler echocardiography, waking oxygen saturation averaged over 5 minutes, and overnight polysomnography were o ...[more]