Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging R2* assessments and analysis of historical parameters in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia.
Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques allow the assessment of iron overload in tissues 1 especially the heart, 2 in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients. The R2* value (1/T2*) recorded in the intraventricular septum of the heart indirectly measures the degree of cardiac iron load. Applying this new technology we looked at a number of historical and biochemical parameters in order to determine their relationship to cardiac iron overload and the effect of cardiac iron on functional and structural changes of the heart in transfusion-dependent thalassemics.
Aessopos
Athanassios
A
Fragodimitri
Christina
C
Karabatsos
Fotios
F
Hatziliami
Antonia
A
Yousef
Jacqueline
J
Giakoumis
Anastasios
A
Dokou
Aikaterini
A
Gotsis
Efstathios D
ED
Berdoukas
Vasilis
V
Karagiorga
Markissia
M
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D019190:Iron Overload / Q000628:therapy; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012984:Software; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors
D002614:Chelating Agents; D007501:Iron