Restoration of cardiac function by an iron chelator, deferasirox, in a patient with aplastic anemia and cardiac iron overload.
Division of Hematology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan.
Toru
T
Kiguchi
Division of Hematology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan.
Yoshikazu
Y
Ito
Division of Hematology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan.
Yukihiko
Y
Kimura
Division of Hematology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan. ohyashik@rr.iij4u.or.jp.
Kazuma
K
Ohyashiki
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001565:Benzoates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077588:Deferasirox; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055815:Young Adult
D001565:Benzoates; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents; D014230:Triazoles; D000077588:Deferasirox