Publications by authors named "Osama Abd Rab Elrasol Tolba"
Background: Cardiac dysfunction is a risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Aim Of The Work: Aim of the work is to evaluate the right ventricular systolic and diastolic functions by tissue Doppler and speckling tracking imaging in children with SCD.
Subjects And Methods: Thirty children with SCD and thirty controls were subjected to clinical, laboratory evaluations, and echocardiographic study using GE Vivid 7 (GE Medical System, Horten, Norway with a 3.