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Archivos de cardiología de México
On-line version ISSN 1665-1731Print version ISSN 1405-9940
Abstract
ROJAS-JIMENEZ, Sara; LOPERA-VALLE, Johan and YABUR-ESPITIA, Mirna. Cardiopulmonary complications in sickle cell anemia. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2013, vol.83, n.4, pp.289-294. ISSN 1665-1731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acmx.2013.05.003.
Sickle cell anemia, considered the most prevalent genetic disease among African Americans, is a disease with autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, characterized by the production of hemoglobin S. This abnormal protein polymerizes and facilitates the formation of fibrillar aggregates that alters the erythrocyte morphology. The stiffness of the red blood cells hinders the adequate transit across microcirculation, leading to hemolysis and increased blood viscosity, which ease thrombogenesis and vascular occlusion, resulting in tissue ischemia and microinfarcts. This disease has a high rate of morbidity and mortality, especially in the first three years of life, when a rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment are essential. Cardiovascular complications such as heart failure and pulmonary hypertension may develop independently, and each one contributes to increased mortality, being the combination of both risk factors, an important aggravating factor for prognosis and a determinant indicator of mortality.
Keywords : Anemia Sickle Cell; Heart Failure; Hypertension Pulmonary; Colombia.