On myocardial siderosis and left ventricular dysfunction in hemochromatosis

BACKGROUND: Chronically increased intestinal iron uptake in genetic hemochromatosis (HC) may cause organ failure. Whilst iron loading from blood transfusions may cause dilated cardiomyopathy in conditions such as thalassemia, the in-vivo prevalence of myocardial siderosis in HC is unclear, and its r...

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Autores principales: Carpenter, John-Paul, Grasso, Agata E, Porter, John B, Shah, Farrukh, Dooley, James, Pennell, Dudley J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23509881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-15-24

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