Muscular de-conditioning and reduced cardiac inotropism due to iron deposition reduce exercise tolerance in beta thalassemia major

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Exercise Tolerance*
• Female
• Humans
• Iron / metabolism
• Iron Overload / complications
• Iron Overload / physiopathology*
• Male
• Myocardial Contraction*
• beta-Thalassemia / complications
• beta-Thalassemia / physiopathology*