The Correlation between Serum Ferritin, Serum Troponin T, cardiac T2* MRI and Echocardiographic Findings in Patients with Thalassemia Major

نویسندگان
Mehrabi, Sarvenaz ID 1
Dabiri, Mona ID 2
Mousavi_Hasanzadeh, Morteza ID 3
Eghbali, Aziz ID 4
Ghandi, Yazdan ID 5
Eghbali, Aygin ID 6

1 Department of Emergency, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran

2 Department of emergency, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran

3 Students Research Committee, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.

4 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Aliasghar clinical research development center, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.

5 Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.

6 Students Research Committee, school of medicine, Iran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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چکیده

Background: Frequent blood transfusions lead to various complications in patients with thalassemia major. Heart problems caused by iron deposition in the myocardium are the major cause of death in patients with thalassemia major. Early diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction in patients with thalassemia major undergoing frequent blood transfusion is very important. We aimed to investigate ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Thalassemia major, Serum ferritin, Serum troponin T, T2*MRI, Echocardiography