Detection of Early Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Young Patients With Thalassemia Major Using Tissue Doppler Imaging

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Bornaun H., Dedeoglu R., Oztarhan K., Dedeoglu S., Erfidan E., Gundogdu M., ...Daha Fazla

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.26, sa.3, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

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Background: Myocardial iron overload is the most common cause of mortality in patients with thalassemia major (TM), also known as beta-thalassemia. T2* cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best way of monitoring cardiac iron, and new echocardiographic techniques can be used to assess cardiac function.