How early can myocardial iron overload occur in beta thalassemia major?

How early can myocardial iron overload occur in beta thalassemia major?

Myocardial siderosis is the most common cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia major(TM). This study aimed at investigating the occurrence, prevalence and severity of cardiac iron overload in a young Chinese population with beta TM.We analyzed T2* cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), left ven...

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Main Authors: Gaohui Yang, Rongrong Liu, Peng Peng, Liling Long, Xinhua Zhang, Weijia Yang, Shaohong Tan, Hongfei Pan, Xingjiang Long, Taigang He, Lisa Anderson, Yongrong Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899006?pdf=render

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