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On improvement in ejection fraction with iron chelation in thalassemia major and the risk of future heart failure

BACKGROUND: Trials of iron chelator regimens have increased the treatment options for cardiac siderosis in beta-thalassemia major (TM) patients. Treatment effects with improved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) have been observed in patients without overt heart failure, but it is unclear...

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Autores principales: Pennell, DJ, Carpenter, JP, Roughton, M, Cabantchik, ZI
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21910880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-45