Cardiac function in Vietnamese patients with different dengue severity grades.

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OBJECTIVE: Dengue continues to cause significant global morbidity and mortality. Severe disease is characterized by cardiovascular compromise from capillary leakage. Cardiac involvement in dengue has also been reported but has not been adequately studied. SETTING: Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. SUBJECTS AND DESIGN: Seventy-nine patients aged 8-6 yrs with different dengue severity grades were studied using echocardiography including tissue Doppler imaging. The patie...

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Authors: Yacoub, S; Griffiths, A; Chau, T; Simmons, C; Wills, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Critical care medicine
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 477-483
• Publication date: 2012-02-01
• DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e318232d966
• EISSN: 1530-0293
• ISSN: 0090-3493
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Male; Female; Vietnam; Survival Rate; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; Child; Electrocardiography; Middle Aged; Comorbidity; Risk Assessment; Stroke Volume; Cohort Studies; Age Distribution; Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; Severity of Illness Index; Dengue; Humans; Adult; Cardiovascular Diseases; Sex Distribution; Endemic Diseases; Heart Function Tests; Echocardiography, Doppler; Incidence; Severe Dengue; Prognosis; Young Adult