Magnetic Resonance Comparison of Left-Right Heart Volumetric and Functional Parameters in Thalassemia Major and Thalassemia Intermedia Patients.

Objectives. To evaluate a population of asymptomatic thalassemia major (TM) and thalassemia intermedia (TI) patients using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). We supposed that TI group could be differentiated from the TM group based on T2∗ and that the TI group could demonstrate higher cardiac...

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Published in:BioMed Research International Vol. 2015; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors: Liguori, Carlo, Pitocco, Francesca, Di Giampietro, Ilenia, De Vivo, Aldo Eros, Schena, Emiliano, Giurazza, Francesco, Sorrentino, Francesco, Zobel, Bruno Beomonte
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 4/2/2015
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