Right Ventricular Volumes and Function normalized to body surface area, age and sex in a large cohort of well-treated Thalassemia Major without myocardial iron overload
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Right Ventricular Volumes and Function normalized to body surface area, age and sex in a large cohort of well-treated Thalassemia Major without myocardial iron overload Antonella Meloni, Maria Chiara Dell’Amico, Brunella Favilli, Giovanni D Aquaro, Ait-Ali Lamia, Elisabetta Chiodi, Claudio Ascioti, Stefania Renne, Pier Paolo Bitti, Calogera Gerardi, Vincenzo Positano, Massimo Lombardi, Alessia Pepe
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