title: Cardiac determinants of survival in beta-thalassemia.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Efthimiadis
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hassapopoulou
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Tsikaderis
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Karvounis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giannakoulas
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Parharidis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015913:Chelation Therapy; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy