title: Iron overload-related heart failure in a patient with transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndrome reversed by intensive combined chelation therapy.
abstract: Patients with transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have an increased risk of cardiac events, due to both chronic anemia and iron overload. Here, we report the recovery of cardiac function after an intensive iron chelation therapy in a MDS patient who had developed heart failure due to iron overload.
authors.affiliation: Ematologia-Centro della Microcitemia e Anemie Congenite, Ospedale Galliera Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Ematologia-Centro della Microcitemia e Anemie Congenite, Ospedale Galliera Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balocco
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology Oncology, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ambaglio
authors.affiliation: Unità di Cardiologia, Ospedale Galliera Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Derchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology Oncology, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malcovati
authors.affiliation: Ematologia-Centro della Microcitemia e Anemie Congenite, Ospedale Galliera Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Luca
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Forni
keywords: Deferiprone; desferal; heart failure; iron chelation; myelodysplastic syndromes