Partial list of projects:

1. Pre-natal counseling has reduced the incidence of patients with thalassemia, nevertheless children suffering from this hematologic disease are still being born, although in low numbers. We plan to evaluate left ventricular function using echocardiography as a predictor of survival in thalassemic patients.

2. Patients with amyloid heart disease frequently experience renal failure. The comparison of heart rate variability and myocardial echoradiographic parameters in patients with and without renal failure will help in developing an improved treatment for affected patients.

3. Echocardiography will be used as a non-invasive means to assess atrial and ventricular electromechanical coupling and atrioventricular time intervals.