Lack of correlation between heart, liver and pancreas MRI-R2*: Results from long-term follow-up in a cohort of adult β-thalassemia major patients

Am J Hematol. 2018 Mar;93(3):E79-E82. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25009. Epub 2018 Jan 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chelation Therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Endocrine System Diseases / etiology
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glucose Metabolism Disorders / epidemiology
  • Glucose Metabolism Disorders / etiology
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Iron Chelating Agents / therapeutic use
  • Iron Overload / diagnostic imaging*
  • Iron Overload / drug therapy
  • Iron Overload / etiology
  • Iron Overload / pathology
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Organ Specificity
  • Pancreas / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreas / pathology
  • Splenectomy
  • beta-Thalassemia / complications
  • beta-Thalassemia / pathology*
  • beta-Thalassemia / therapy

Substances

  • Iron Chelating Agents