Antonella Meloni, Laura Pistoia, Paolo Ricchi, Sergio Bagnato, Filomena Longo, Giuseppe Messina, Sabrina Bagnato, Vincenza Rossi, Stefania Renne, Riccardo Righi, Priscilla Fina, Vincenzo Positano, Filippo Cademartiri
We evaluated the impact of the genotype on clinical and hematochemical features, hepatic and cardiac iron levels, and endocrine, hepatic, and cardiovascular complications in non-transfusion-dependent (NTD) β-thalassemia intermedia (TI) patients. Sixty patients (39.09 ± 11.11 years, 29 females) consecutively enrolled in the Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia project underwent Magnetic Resonance Imaging to quantify iron overload, biventricular function parameters, and atrial areas and to detect replacement myocardial fibrosis...
April 6, 2024: Annals of Hematology