The association between tricuspid regurgitation velocity and 5-year survival in a North West London population of patients with sickle cell disease in the United Kingdom

Ines Zimbarra Cabrita, Abubakar Mohammed, Mark Layton, Sara Ghorashian, Annette Gilmore, Gavin Cho, Jo Howard, Kofi A. Anie, Lynda Desforges, Paul Bassett, Julia Grapsa, Luke Howard, Gaia Mahalingam, David Dawson, Fausto J. Pinto, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Sally C. Davies, J. Simon R. Gibbs*

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    Abstract

    Raised tricuspid regurgitant velocity (TRV) occurs in approximately 30% of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), and has been shown to be an independent risk factor for death. TRV was assessed in 164 SCD patients who were subsequently followed up for survival. Raised pulmonary pressures were defined as a TRV jet >= 2 center dot 5m/s on echocardiography. Elevated TRV was present in 29 center dot 1% of patients and it was associated with increased age and left atrial diameter.There were 15 deaths (9 center dot 1%) over a median of 68 center dot 1 months follow up; seven patients had increased TRV, and eight patients had a TRV

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)400-408
    Number of pages9
    JournalBritish Journal of Haematology
    Volume162
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2013

    Keywords

    • sickle cell disease
    • pulmonary hypertension
    • mortality
    • survival
    • tricuspid regurgitation velocity
    • OF-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHYS GUIDELINES
    • PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION
    • STANDARDS COMMITTEE
    • SYSTOLIC PRESSURE
    • TASK-FORCE
    • RECOMMENDATIONS
    • MORTALITY
    • CHILDREN
    • RISK
    • CATHETERIZATION

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