Iron overload thalassemic cardiomyopathy: Iron status assessment and mechanisms of mechanical and electrical disturbance due to iron toxicity

• Main Authors: Lekawanvijit S., Chattipakorn N.
• 格式: Review
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2014
• 在線閱讀: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65349175614&partnerID=40&md5=8b8242091026609749e4b065369deb0d; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19340344; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2852
• 機構: Chiang Mai University

Patients with thalassemia major have inevitably suffered from complications of the disease, due to iron overload. Among such complications, cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality (63.6% to 71%). The major causes of death in this group of patients are congestive heart failure...