Cardiac Dimensions and Functional Parameters in Nigerian Children with Homozygous Sickle Cell Anaemia Using Echocardiography

Olukemi T Bamigboye-Taiwo¹, John A Okeniyi^2*, Samuel I Omokhodion³, Olugbenga O Adeodu² and Jerome B Elusiyan²

¹Federal Medical Centre, Ido Ekiti, Nigeria, E-mail: bamit@oauife.edu.ng

²Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife/Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, E-mail: bamit@oauife.edu.ng

³University of Ibadan/University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, E-mail: bamit@oauife.edu.ng

^*Corresponding Author: John A Okeniyi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife/Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Tel: +234-805-7647947 Email: