| Literature DB >> 18245658 |
Walter Li, Thomas Coates, John C Wood.
Abstract
We measured left atrial size and function from biplane MRI data in 62 adults with thalassemia major. Age-adjusted left atrial ejection fraction was depressed in 7 out of 20 subjects having T2* < 10 ms. Left atrial size, left ventricular size and cardiac output fell with cardiac iron loading, representing increased cardiac or peripheral vascular stiffness.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18245658 PMCID: PMC2887655 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.11958
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Haematologica ISSN: 0390-6078 Impact factor: 9.941