Left ventricular diastolic function comp
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Mark A. Westwood; Beatrix Wonke; Alicia M. Maceira; Emma Prescott; J. Malcolm Wa
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Purpose To compare left ventricular (LV) diastolic function with myocardial iron levels in beta thalassemia major (TM) patients, using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). ## Materials and Methods We studied 67 regularly transfused patients with TM and 22 controls matched for