Increased Iron Deposition Is Directly Associated With Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Feb;11(2 Pt 1):279-280. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 Apr 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy*
  • Blood Transfusion*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
  • Cardiomyopathies / metabolism*
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Iron Chelating Agents / therapeutic use
  • Iron Overload / diagnostic imaging
  • Iron Overload / drug therapy
  • Iron Overload / metabolism*
  • Iron Overload / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Preliminary Data
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Transfusion Reaction / diagnostic imaging
  • Transfusion Reaction / drug therapy
  • Transfusion Reaction / metabolism*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Iron Chelating Agents