Cardiac and thrombotic complications in the peripartum period of a patient affected by beta-thalassemia intermedia: An unusual case

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 15:215:32-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.066. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

Authors

Giulio Binaghi¹, Damiana Congia², Carlo Dessì³, Gildo Matta⁴, Daniele Pasqualucci², Emanuela Serra², Maurizio Porcu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, G. Brotzu Hospital, Cagliari, Italy. Electronic address: giuliobinaghi@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, G. Brotzu Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
³ Thalassemic DH, Microcitemico Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiology, G. Brotzu Hospital, Cagliari, Italy.

PMID: 27107541
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.066

No abstract available

Keywords: Heart failure; Iron infiltration; Rivaroxaban; Thalassemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Ovary / innervation*
Peripartum Period
Rivaroxaban / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy
beta-Thalassemia / complications*
beta-Thalassemia / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Rivaroxaban