Cardiac iron overload in chronically transfused patients with thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, or myelodysplastic syndrome.

Cardiac iron overload in chronically transfused patients with thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, or myelodysplastic syndrome.

The risk and clinical significance of cardiac iron overload due to chronic transfusion varies with the underlying disease. Cardiac iron overload shortens the life expectancy of patients with thalassemia, whereas its effect is unclear in those with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In patients with si...

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Main Authors: Mariane de Montalembert, Jean-Antoine Ribeil, Valentine Brousse, Agnes Guerci-Bresler, Aspasia Stamatoullas, Jean-Pierre Vannier, Cécile Dumesnil, Agnès Lahary, Mohamed Touati, Krimo Bouabdallah, Marina Cavazzana, Emmanuelle Chauzit, Amandine Baptiste, Thibaud Lefebvre, Hervé Puy, Caroline Elie, Zoubida Karim, Olivier Ernst, Christian Rose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5336214?pdf=render

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