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Cardiology: Open Access(COA)

ISSN: 2476-230X | DOI: 10.33140/COA

Impact Factor: 1.85

Heart Involvement in Hemoglobinopathies: Two Case Reports and Brief Review of Literature

Abstract

Wael Yaakoubi, Manel Ben Hlima, Sana Ouali, Fathia Mghaith, Med Sami Mourali

Hereditary haemoglobin disorders, also termed haemoglobinopathies, include mainly beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease and represent the most common monogenic disorders in human. Cardiac complications are still a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with haemoglobinopathy, have dramatically reduced in patient populations receiving modern regular therapy and follow-up.

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