Prevention of Cardiomyopathy in Transfusion-Dependent Homozygous Thalassaemia Today and the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Transfusion and iron chelation therapy revolutionised survival and reduced morbidity in patients with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia major. Despite these improvements, cardiac disease remained the most common cause of death in those patients. Recently the ability to determine the degree of...

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Main Authors: Athanassios Aessopos, Vasilios Berdoukas, Maria Tsironi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Advances in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/964897
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