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A two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography for the diagnosis of early myocardial disease in beta-thalassemia major patients

BACKGROUND : Although magnetic resonance imaging T2* is considered the gold standard to assess myocardial iron overload in β-thalassemia patients, its routine use is limited by the high cost and limited availability. Recent data demonstrated that strain imaging by speckle tracking is a sensitive too...

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Autores principales: Tantawy, Azza Abdel Gawad, Elsherif, Nayera H. K., Habeeb, Neveen M., Hasan, Esraa M., Abdelhameed, Abdelhameed E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9802624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36589651
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.apc_91_21