@article{3113211,
    title = "Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging R2* assessments and analysis of historical parameters in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia",
    author = "Aessopos, A. and Fragodimitri, C. and Karabatsos, F. and Hatziliami, A. and Yousef, J. and Giakoumis, A. and Dokou, A. and Gotsis, E.D. and Berdoukas, V. and Karagiorga, M.",
    journal = "Haematologica-the hematology journal",
    year = "2007",
    volume = "92",
    number = "1",
    pages = "131-132",
    doi = "10.3324/haematol.10455",
    keywords = "deferoxamine;  ferritin;  iron, article;  blood transfusion;  chelation therapy;  chemical parameters;  heart left ventricle ejection fraction;  heart ventricle septum;  human;  iron overload;  nuclear magnetic resonance imaging;  thalassemia, Blood Transfusion;  Chelating Agents;  Humans;  Iron;  Iron Overload;  Liver;  Magnetic Resonance Imaging;  Myocardium;  Predictive Value of Tests;  Software;  Thalassemia;  Time Factors",
    abstract = "Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques allow the assessment of iron overload in tissues1 especially the heart, 2 in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients. The R2* value (1/T2*) recorded in the intraventricular septum of the heart indirectly measures the degree of cardiac iron load. Applying this new technology we looked at a number of historical and biochemical parameters in order to determine their relationship to cardiac iron overload and the effect of cardiac iron on functional and structural changes of the heart in transfusion-dependent thalassemics."
}