Correlation of echocardiography parameters with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia major

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Aessopos, Athanassios ^a   Giakoumis, Anastasios ^a   Fragodimitri, Christina ^a   Karabatsos, Fotis ^b   Hatziliami, Antonia ^b   Yousef, Jacqueline ^b   Gotsis, Efstathios ^c   Berdoukas, Vasilis ^b   Karagiorga, Markissia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Euromedica Enkephalos   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Chelation therapy; Echocardiography Doppler; Thalassaemia major; Transfusion iron overload

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHELATION THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845897897     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2006.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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