Evaluation of cardiac status in iron-loaded thalassaemia patients following bone marrow transplantation: Improvement in cardiac function during reduction in body iron burden

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 916-921

  Mariotti, Egidio ^a   Angelucci, Emanuele ^a   Agostini, Alberto ^a   Baronciani, Donatella ^a   Sgarbi, Ernesto ^a   Lucarelli, Guido ^a  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac dysfunction; Iron; Phlebotomy; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY BURDEN; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; THALASSEMIA; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032428362     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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