## Abstract __T__\*~2~ multislice multiecho cardiac MR allows quantification of the segmental distribution of myocardial iron overload. This study aimed to determine if there were preferential patterns of myocardial iron overload in thalassemia major. Five hundred twentyβthree thalassemia major pat
Preferential patterns of myocardial iron deposit by multislice multiecho T2* CMR in thalassemia major patients
β Scribed by Vincenzo Positano; Antonella Meloni; Alessia Pepe; Pasquale Pepe; Maria Chiara Dell'Amico; Brunella Favilli; Cristina Salvatori; Petra Keilberg; Gennaro Restaino; Eliana Cracolici; Stefano Pulini; Angela Ciancio; Maria Filomena Santarelli; Massimo Lombardi
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 387 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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