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 patientsNT-Probnp as a Marker of Cardiopulmonary Compromise and Exercise Limitation In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
Nouraie M, Barst R, Rosenzweig E, Sachdev V, Machado R, Hassell K, Gibbs J, Little J, Schraufnagel D, Krishnamurti L, Novelli E, Girgis R, Morris C, Badesch D, Lanzkron S, Castro O, Goldsmith J, Gladwin M, Gordeuk V, Kato G. NT-Probnp as a Marker of Cardiopulmonary Compromise and Exercise Limitation In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study. Blood 2010, 116: 1639. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v116.21.1639.1639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElevated NT-proBNP levelsNT-proBNP levelsRight ventricular systolic pressureSickle cell anemiaVentricular systolic pressureNT-proBNP concentrationsNT-proBNPSickle cell diseasePulmonary hypertensionPositive predictive valueCell anemiaPg/Exercise limitationHeart failureSystolic pressureNatriuretic peptideCell diseaseN-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsN-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptidePlasma brain natriuretic peptide concentrationPredictive valuePro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsPro-B-type natriuretic peptideCardiac natriuretic peptide systemLower NT-proBNP levels