Cardiac complications and diabetes in thalassaemia major: A large historical multicentre study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 520-527

  Pepe, Alessia ^a   Meloni, Antonella ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^b   Caruso, Vincenzo ^c   Cuccia, Liana ^d   Spasiano, Anna ^e   Gerardi, Calogera ^f   Zuccarelli, Angelo ^g   D'Ascola, Domenico G ^h   Grimaldi, Salvatore ⁱ   Santodirocco, Michele ^j   Campisi, Saveria ^k   Lai, Maria E ^l   Piraino, Basilia ^m   Chiodi, Elisabetta ⁿ   Ascioti, Claudio ^o   Gulino, Letizia ^a   Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Lombardi, Massimo ^a   Gamberini, Maria R ⁿ  

^a FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Unità Operativa Dipartimentale Talassemia   (Italy)

^d Ospedale dei Bambini G Di Cristina   (Italy)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f POGiovanni Paolo II   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile Sassari   (Italy)

^h UO Microcitemie   (Italy)

ⁱ Presidio Ospedaliero ASL 5   (Italy)

^j CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UOS Talassemia   (Italy)

^l Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^o PO Giovanni Paolo II ^*  (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cardiac complications; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Diabetes mellitus; Myocardial iron overload; Thalassaemia major

Indexed keywords

DEFERIPRONE; DEFEROXAMINE; GADOBUTROL; GADOLINIUM; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERKINETIC HEART SYNDROME; IRON OVERLOAD; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL IRON OVERLOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRANSFUSION;

CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; MYOCARDIAL IRON OVERLOAD; THALASSAEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84886423087     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12557     Document Type: Article

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