Evaluation of the relationship between hepatic and cardiac iron overload with MRI T2* and carotid intima media thickness with Doppler ultrasound in beta thalassemia major patients
نویسندگان
1 Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad
2 Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, Prague CZ-12801, Czech Republic.
doi
10.18502/ijpho.v11i1.5005چکیده
Background: Iron overload is caused early progression of atherosclerosis in beta thalassemia patients due to regular repeated blood transfusion. MRI T2* is a gold standard non-invasive method for detecting hepatic and cardiac iron overload. The aim of this study was the comparison of carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in the patients ...
