Cardiac iron overload in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
Transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic (MDS) patients are prone to iron overload. We evaluated 43 transfused MDS patients with T2* magnetic resonance imaging scans. 81% had liver and 16·8% cardiac iron overload. Liver R2* (1000/T2*), but not cardiac R2*, was correlated with number of units transfused...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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