MRI for the diagnosis of cardiac and liver iron overload in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: An algorithm to guide clinical use when availability is limited

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Siriraj Thalassemia Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
• ² Radiology Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• ³ Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Ege University Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
• ⁴ Basra Centre for Hereditary Blood Diseases, Basra, Iraq.
• ⁵ Thalassemia Center, Hematology Unit, Dubai Health Authority, United Arab Emirates.
• ⁶ Radiodiagnosis Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
• ⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
• ⁸ Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
• ⁹ Babylon Center of Hereditary Blood Disorders, Babylon university, Babylon, Iraq.
• ¹⁰ Hematology Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
• ¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon.