A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of amlodipine on myocardial iron deposition in pediatric patients with thalassemia major

BACKGROUND: Mortality rates increase due to iron deposition in the cardiac muscles of thalassemia major (TM) patients. Iron overload cardiomyopathy could be treated with a combination therapy of an iron chelator and an L-type calcium channel blocker. We designed a randomized controlled study to asse...

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Autores principales: Khaled, Arwa, Salem, Hoda A, Ezzat, Dina A, Seif, Hadeel M, Rabee, Hoda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6659783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31413542
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S211630

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