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Global longitudinal strain as an Indicator of cardiac Iron overload in thalassemia patients

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Cardiac involvement due to iron overload is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with thalassemia, and many patients remain asymptomatic until the late stages. Therefore, early detection of heart problems in such patients at subclinical stages can im...

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Autores principales: Abtahi, Firoozeh, Abdi, Alireza, Jamshidi, Saideh, Karimi, Mehran, Babaei-Beigi, Mohammad Ali, Attar, Armin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6829819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31684963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-019-0174-y