PEDIATRICS Vol. 61 No. 6 June 1978, pp. 911-914
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Angina Pectoris in a Child With Sickle Cell Anemia

Wade Hamilton M.D.1, Amnon Rosenthal M.D.1, Donald Berwick M.D.1, and Alexander S. Nadas M.D.1

1 Departments of Cardiology and Medicine, The Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston

A 7-year-old black boy with sickle cell disease, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, mild left ventricular dysfunction, and normal coronary arteries developed angina pectoris five months after cessation of hypertransfusion therapy. Exercise-induced ECG ST segment depression associated with angina disappeared following transfusion therapy.

Submitted on August 30, 1977
Accepted on December 27, 1977