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Effects of combined deferiprone with deferoxamine on right ventricular function in thalassaemia major

BACKGROUND: Combination therapy with deferoxamine and oral deferiprone is superior to deferoxamine alone in removing cardiac iron and improving left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The right ventricle (RV) is also affected by the toxic effects of iron and may cause additional cardiovascular pe...

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Autores principales: Alpendurada, Francisco, Smith, Gill C, Carpenter, John-Paul, Nair, Sunil V, Tanner, Mark A, Banya, Winston, Dessi, Carlo, Galanello, Renzo, Walker, John Malcolm, Pennell, Dudley J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22277065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-14-8