Article
Transcranial Doppler in hemoglobin SC disease
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Transcranial Doppler in hemoglobin SC disease. Pediatr Blood & Cancer, p. 1–4, 2016.
1545-5009
10.1002/pbc.26342
Autor
Vieira, Camilo
Oliveira, Carolina Nogueira Costa de
Figueiredo, Ludmila Araújo Borges de
Santiago, Rayra Pereira
Adanho, Corynne Stephanie Ahouefa
Santana, Sanzio Silva
Burak, Caroline Lang
Lyra, Isa Menezes
Goncalves, Marilda Souza
Resumen
Stroke is a severe clinical disorder in sickle cell disease (SCD), and few studies have evaluated transcranial Doppler (TCD) flow velocities in hemoglobin SC disease (HbSC). The guidelines for stroke risk are based on evaluations in sickle cell anemia (SCA) or HbS/β thalassemia. Procedure: In this study, we compare cerebral blood flow in patients with SCD stratified by genotypes.
A total of 1,664 pediatric patients with SCD underwent TCD velocity screening, and the
time-averaged maximum mean velocity (TAMM) was determined in the middle cerebral artery
(MCA), anterior cerebral artery (ACA), and distal intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) .
Results: Abnormal velocities were not identified in the ACA; therefore, we only use ICA and MCA
velocities. TAMM from the left and right in the ICA andMCA was 134.3 ± 32.0 and 134.4 ± 32.6
cm/s in patients with SCA, and 105.2 ± 20.6 and 104.7 ± 20.0 cm/s in the patients with HbSC,
respectively. Mean TAMM between right and left ICA/MCA was 134.5 ± 30.5 cm/s in the SCA
group, and 104.9 ± 19.3 cm/s in the HbSC group.Notably, our data show that TCDvelocitieswere
significantly lower among the patientswithHbSC compared to SCA. TAMMwas negatively correlated
with hemoglobin and hematocrit in both genotypes.
Conclusion: These results suggest that a different cut-off value for abnormal TCD velocities could
be considered for patients with HbSC. Additional studies are warranted to determine the actual
risk of stroke in HbSC genotype associated with this possible TCD risk value.