Pancreatic iron overload by T2* MRI in a large cohort of well treated thalassemia major patients: can it tell us heart iron distribution and function?

Am J Hematol. 2015 Sep;90(9):E189-90. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24081.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Ferritins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Iron / metabolism*
  • Iron Overload / diagnosis*
  • Iron Overload / etiology
  • Iron Overload / metabolism
  • Iron Overload / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Myocardium / metabolism
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Pancreas / metabolism
  • Pancreas / pathology*
  • Transfusion Reaction
  • beta-Thalassemia / pathology*
  • beta-Thalassemia / therapy

Substances

  • Ferritins
  • Iron