2012
The relationship between the severity of hemolysis, clinical manifestations and risk of death in 415 patients with sickle cell anemia in the US and Europe
Nouraie M, Lee J, Zhang Y, Kanias T, Zhao X, Xiong Z, Oriss T, Zeng Q, Kato G, Gibbs J, Hildesheim M, Sachdev V, Barst R, Machado R, Hassell K, Little J, Schraufnagel D, Krishnamurti L, Novelli E, Girgis R, Morris C, Rosenzweig E, Badesch D, Lanzkron S, Castro O, Goldsmith J, Gordeuk V, Gladwin M. The relationship between the severity of hemolysis, clinical manifestations and risk of death in 415 patients with sickle cell anemia in the US and Europe. Haematologica 2012, 98: 464-472. PMID: 22983573, PMCID: PMC3659937, DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.068965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of deathSickle cell diseaseSickle cell anemiaClinical outcomesHemolytic componentPulse pressureCell diseaseOxygen saturationCell anemiaDirect markerRed blood cell microparticlesCutaneous leg ulcerationTricuspid regurgitation velocityIndependent risk factorCell-free hemoglobin concentrationsPulmonary systolic pressureVentricular diastolic dimensionSerum lactate dehydrogenaseSystemic pulse pressureLowest oxygen saturationTwo-year followHemoglobin SS patientsTotal bilirubin concentrationCertain clinical complicationsHigh hemoglobin F
2010
Predictors of Six-Minute Walk Distance In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
Barst R, Kato G, Sachdev V, Nouraie M, Machado R, Hassell K, Gibbs S, Little J, Schraufnagel D, Krishnamurti L, Girgis R, Morris C, Badesch D, Lanzkron S, Castro O, Rosenzweig E, Goldsmith J, Gladwin M, Gordeuk V. Predictors of Six-Minute Walk Distance In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study. Blood 2010, 116: 947. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v116.21.947.947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher tricuspid regurgitation velocityTricuspid regurgitation velocitySickle cell diseaseSickle cell anemiaRight ventricular systolic pressureVentricular filling pressureVentricular systolic pressureCell anemiaCell diseaseEa ratioExercise capacitySystolic pressureFilling pressureFunctional capacityHemolytic componentElevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocityTricuspid regurgitant jet velocitySix-minute walk distanceSix-minute walk testSickle cell disease patientsDecreased exercise capacityHemoglobin oxygen desaturationBaseline clinical characteristicsImpaired exercise capacitySickle cell anemia patients