Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of siderotic cardiomyopathy in thalassaemia major
Background: Heart failure secondary to myocardial iron overload represents the single most important cause of death in thalassaemia major. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has the combmed power to reproducibly assess both myocardial iron loading (T2*) and ventricular ~nctI~n. This makes CMR i...
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Imperial College London
2007
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487560 |