Optimal method for early detection of cardiac disorders in thalassemia major patients: magnetic resonance imaging or echocardiography?

BACKGROUND: Heart failure resulting from myocardial iron deposition is the most important cause of death in β-thalassemia major (TM) patients. Cardiac T2*magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), echocardiography, and serum ferritin level serve as diagnostic methods for detecting myocardial iron overload. I...

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Autores principales: Moussavi, Farideh, Ghasabeh, Mounes Aliyari, Roodpeyma, Shahla, Alavi, Samin, Shakiba, Majid, Gheiratmand, Riaz, Omidghaemi, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Hematology; Korean Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology; Korean Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25325038
http://dx.doi.org/10.5045/br.2014.49.3.182

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25325038
http://dx.doi.org/10.5045/br.2014.49.3.182

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