Tissue Doppler echocardiography reliably reflects severity of iron overload in pediatric patients with β thalassemia

• Main Authors: Silvilairat S., Sittiwangkul R., Pongprot Y., Charoenkwan P., Phornphutkul C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43449133289&partnerID=40&md5=8cd612bcb46c71785711932115f2fad1; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2434
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Aims: Tissue Doppler imaging has been recently used to evaluate ventricular function in patients with β thalassemia. In clinical practice, serum ferritin is commonly used to assess the severity of iron overload. The aim of this study was to determine which Doppler findings correlated with serum ferr...