MRI detects myocardial iron in the human heart

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Ghugre, Nilesh R ^a,b   Enriquez, Cathleen M ^a   Gonzalez, Ignacio ^a   Nelson Jr , Marvin D ^b   Coates, Thomas D ^a   Wood, John C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Iron; Postmortem; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEART;

CALIBRATION CURVES; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON DISTRIBUTION; IRON OVERLOADS; POSTMORTEM; REGIONAL VARIATION; RELAXATION RATES; THALASSEMIA;

IRON;

IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON HEART LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 33748361588     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20981     Document Type: Article

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