Treatment of cardiac iron overload in thalassemia major

MeSH terms

• Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
• Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy*
• Cardiomyopathies / etiology
• Deferiprone
• Deferoxamine / therapeutic use
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Heart Diseases / epidemiology
• Heart Diseases / etiology
• Heart Diseases / mortality
• Humans
• Iron / analysis
• Iron Chelating Agents / therapeutic use*
• Iron Overload / diagnosis
• Iron Overload / drug therapy*
• Iron Overload / etiology
• Liver / chemistry
• Myocardium / chemistry
• Pyridones / therapeutic use
• beta-Thalassemia / complications*