%0 Journal Article %A GHAEMIAN, A %A HOSEINI, A %A KOSARIAN, M %T LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC ABNORMALITIES IN β-THALASSEMIA MAJOR WITH NORMAL SYSTOLIC FUNCTION %J Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran %V 16 %N 1 %U http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-770-en.html %R %D 2002 %K Thalassemia, Echocardiography, L eft ventricular function., %X In order to identify left ventricular diastolic function in patients with betathalassemia major and normal systolic function by noninvasive M-mode and Doppler echocardiography, an analytic study was designed in a university hospital in Sari. We have studied 44 patients (23 men and 21 women), mean age 15.48±2.16 (range 12 to 20) and 43 age and sex matched control subjects. Peak flow velocity in early diastole increased in patients compared with controls (98±14vs. 86±13 cm/sec p %> http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-770-en.pdf %P 9-12 %& 9 %! Diastolic Abnormalities in β-Thalassemia %9 Original Research %L A-10-298-225 %+ From the Department of Cardiology, Mazandaran University of MedicaL Sciences, Sari, I.R. Iran. %G eng %@ 1016-1430 %[ 2002