Changes of cardiac iron and function during pregnancy in trasfusion-dependent thalassemia patients
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Methods Among the 956 women with hemoglobinopathies in reproductive age enrolled in the Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia (MIOT) project, we selected 17 women with thalassemia (14 with thalassemia major and 3 with transfusion-dependent thalassemia intermedia) who had a pregnancy with successful delivery and who performed a MRI scan before and after the pregnancy. Myocardial and liver iron overload were measured by T2* multiecho technique. Atrial dimensions and biventricular function were quantified by cine images
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