Antonella Meloni, Luca Saba, Vincenzo Positano, Laura Pistoia, Michele Porcu, Francesco Massei, Paola Maria Grazia Sanna, Filomena Longo, Piera Giovangrossi, Crocetta Argento, Calogera Gerardi, Filippo Cademartiri, Riccardo Cau
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association of left atrial (LA) strain parameters with demographics, clinical data, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) findings, and cardiac complications (heart failure and arrhythmias) in a cohort of patients with β-thalassemia major (β-TM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We considered 264 β-TM patients (133 females, 36.79 ± 11.95 years) consecutively enrolled in the Extension-Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia (E-MIOT) project...
March 13, 2024: European Radiology