Comparison of echocardiographic (US) volumetry with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in transfusion dependent thalassemia major (TM)

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in survival in patients with thalassemia major (TM) the most common cause of death is cardiac disease. Regular cardiac follow-up is imperative in order to identify and reverse pathology. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) and Echocardiography (US) are applied in parallel t...

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Autores principales: Giakoumis, Anastasios, Berdoukas, Vasilis, Gotsis, Efstathios, Aessopos, Athanassios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1971046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17629926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-5-24

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1971046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17629926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-5-24

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