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Acute cardiac decompensation in a patient with beta‐thalassemia and diabetes mellitus following cessation of chelation therapy

Patients with higher liver iron stores are likely to have a worse cardiac outcome following noncompliance with chelation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance identifies myocardial siderosis allowing optimization of iron chelation regimes. Diabetes puts thalassemic patients at increased risk of myocard...

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Autores principales: Lioudaki, Eirini, Whyte, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.686