REVERSAL OF HAEMOCHROMATOTIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IN BETA-THALASSEMIA BY CHELATION-THERAPY

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POLITI, A [1 ]
STICCA, M [1 ]
GALLI, M [1 ]
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[1] ST ANNA HOSP,DEPT PAEDIAT,I-22100 COMO,ITALY
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BRITISH HEART JOURNAL | 1995年 / 73卷 / 05期
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HAEMOCHROMATOTIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHELATION THERAPY;
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R5 [内科学];
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Haemochromatotic cardiomyopathy is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with beta thalassaemia major. Once congestive heart failure develops most patients die in a few months. Congestive heart failure was reversed and echocardiographic findings were restored to normal in a 24 year old woman with beta thalassaemia who resumed treatment with chelation therapy (desferrioxamine).
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