Low prevalence of fibrosis in thalassemia major assessed by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance

BACKGROUND: Heart failure remains a major cause of mortality in thalassaemia major. The possible role of cardiac fibrosis in thalassemia major in the genesis of heart failure is not clear. It is also unclear whether cardiac fibrosis might arise as a result of heart failure. METHODS: We studied 45 pa...

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Autores principales: Kirk, Paul, Carpenter, John Paul, Tanner, Mark A, Pennell, Dudley J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21241474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-8

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