Correlation between Heart and Liver Iron Levels and Serum Ferritin in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease “A local Experienceâ€

Zizi Saad and Ragab H Donkol
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Zizi Saad: Department of cardiology, Zagazig University, Egypt
Ragab H Donkol: Department of Radiology, Zagazig University, Egypt

Journal of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Therapy, 2019, vol. 13, issue 4, 73-79

Abstract: Is to evaluate cardiac and hepatic transfusional iron overload in a series of teenagers and young adults sicklers by using a relaxometric T2* technique. Material and Methods: The study was performed on 25 transfusion-dependent sickler patients (13 men and 12 women), with median age of 22 years. Relaxometric T2* cardiac and liver scans were performed on a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner..

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/JOCCT.2019.13.555867

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