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    Cardiac iron overload in thalassemic patients: An endomyocardial biopsy study (1995)
    Springer
    Annals of hematology 71 (1995), S. 135-141 
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    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Keywords: Thalassemia ; Iron overload ; Myocardial iron grade ; Serum ferritin ; Edomyocardial biopsy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Secondary heart failure induced by organ siderosis is the main cause of death in patients affected by thalassemia major. At present it cannot be predicted whether heart siderosis is correlated with iron overload and little is known about the real cardiac histological pattern of post transfusional hemochromatosis in patients with thalassemia major and intermedia. The study aim was to evaluate cardiac iron overload by non invasive and invasive techniques. Fifteen thalassemic patients were investigated and endomyocardial biopsy performed in ten revealed different grades of endomyocardial iron overload with histochemical positivity. Non invasive techniques are not able to furnish an exact picture of the cardiac hemochromatosis. There was a significant correlation between serum ferritin and myocardial iron grade. Patients with elevated ferritin levels and poor compliance to chelating therapy are at high risk of severe heart hemochromatosis. It was seen that endomyocardial biopsy is a useful tool in studying myocardial iron.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01702649
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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Cardiac iron overload in thalassemic patients: an endomyocardial biopsy study (1995)
    Springer
    Annals of hematology 71 (1995), S. 135-141 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Keywords: Key words Thalassemia ; Iron overload ; Myocardial iron grade ; Serum ferritin ; Edomyocardial biopsy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Secondary heart failure induced by organ siderosis is the main cause of death in patients affected by thalassemia major. At present it cannot be predicted whether heart siderosis is correlated with iron overload and little is known about the real cardiac histological pattern of post transfusional hemochromatosis in patients with thalassemia major and intermedia. The study aim was to evaluate cardiac iron overload by non invasive and invasive techniques. Fifteen thalassemic patients were investigated and endomyocardial biopsy performed in ten revealed different grades of endomyocardial iron overload with histochemical positivity. Non invasive techniques are not able to furnish an exact picture of the cardiac hemochromatosis. There was a significant correlation between serum ferritin and myocardial iron grade. Patients with elevated ferritin levels and poor compliance to chelating therapy are at high risk of severe heart hemochromatosis. It was seen that endomyocardial biopsy is a useful tool in studying myocardial iron.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01702649
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    Paper (German National Licenses)
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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Endomyocardial biopsy in diagnosis and management of cardiovascular manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1989)
    Springer
    Clinical rheumatology 8 (1989), S. 108-112 
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    ISSN: 1434-9949
    Keywords: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ; Corticosteroid ; Plasmapheresis ; Endomyocardial Biopsy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In recent years, the cardiovascular manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus have became more apparent as a consequence of both prolonged survival and improvement in diagnostic modalities. We report the case of a 16-year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus in whom the presence of cardiomyopathy was characterized by endomyocardial biopsy. This diagnostic technique also showed that the histologic hall-mark of lupus myocardiopathy persisted despite corticosteroid and plasmapheresis, suggesting the need of a careful cardiac follow-up in these patients.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02031079
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