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Iron in the human hearts: distribution and association with R2* values by CMR

2019

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Prospective Comparison on Cardiac Iron and Liver Iron by MR In Thalassemia Major Patients Treated with Combination Deferipron–Desferrioxamine Versus …

2010

Abstract Abstract 5164 Introduction: Using T2* MR a randomised placebo controlled study from Sardinia demonstrated combination therapy with deferiprone and desferrioxamine (DFP+DFO) significantly more effective than DFO in improving myocardial iron. One non-randomised study from Sardinia and one observational study from Greece seem to confirm for DFP+DFO therapy the most rapid clearance of cardiac iron. No data are available in literature about prospective comparisons on cardiac iron and function and liver iron in TM patients treated with DFP+DFO versus DFP and DFO in monotherapy. The aim of this multi-centre study was to assess prospectively in a large clinical setting the efficacy of the …

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