Prospective CMR Survey in Children With Thalassemia Major: Insights From a National Network

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 May;13(5):1284-1286. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.12.015. Epub 2020 Feb 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Child
  • Deferiprone / therapeutic use
  • Deferoxamine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Iron Chelating Agents / therapeutic use
  • Iron Overload / diagnostic imaging*
  • Iron Overload / drug therapy
  • Iron Overload / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine*
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Ventricular Function, Right
  • Ventricular Remodeling
  • beta-Thalassemia / complications*
  • beta-Thalassemia / diagnosis
  • beta-Thalassemia / therapy

Substances

  • Iron Chelating Agents
  • Deferiprone
  • Deferoxamine