Echocardiographic evaluation of thalassemia intermedia patients in Duhok, Iraq

Echocardiographic evaluation of thalassemia intermedia patients in Duhok, Iraq

BACKGROUND Cardiac complications are among the most serious problems of thalassemia intermedia patients. The current study was initiated to address the latter issue through the study of the echocardiographic findings and correlate it with clinical characteristics of thalassemia intermedia patients in Duhok, Kurdistan region, Iraq. METHODS An echocardiographic assessment of 61 beta-thalassemia...

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Evaluation of Cardiac Function in Patients with Thalassemia Intermedia

Abstract Background Thalassemia intermedia is a variety of beta thalassemia which shows clinical symptoms somewhere between asymptomatic carriers and thalassemia major. Cardiac dysfunctions due to chronic anemia and hemosiderosis are the major causes of death in these patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate cardiac function in these patients by echocardiography. Materials and Met...

Evaluation of endocrine dysfunction in thalassemia intermedia

Introduction: Thalassemia is an inherited disease which leads to an imbalance of globinchain synthesis and consequently, ineffective hematopoiesis. Iron deposits in many important body organs, as endocrine organs due to blood transfusion or ineffective hematopoiessis. The aim of the present study is to assess the endocrine disorders in the patients with thalassemia intermedia referred to ...

β-Thalassemia Intermedia in Northern Iraq: A Single Center Experience

To investigate the molecular basis of β -thalassemia intermedia in Northern Iraq and evaluate its management practices, a total of 74 patients from 51 families were enrolled. The patients were clinically and hematologically reevaluated, and had their β-thalassemia mutations characterized, as well as the number of α-globin genes and Xmn I (G)γ-158 (C>T) polymorphism studied. Out of 14 β-thalasse...