Iron overload-related heart failure in a patient with transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndrome reversed by intensive combined chelation therapy
Autor: | Valeria Pinto, Gian Luca Forni, Giorgio Derchi, Luca Malcovati, Manuela Balocco, Ilaria Ambaglio |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Cardiac function curve
medicine.medical_specialty iron chelation business.industry Myelodysplastic syndromes heart failure General Medicine Case Reports medicine.disease myelodysplastic syndromes chemistry.chemical_compound Increased risk chemistry desferal Internal medicine Heart failure hemic and lymphatic diseases Transfusion dependence medicine Cardiology Deferiprone Chelation therapy Chronic anemia business |
Zdroj: | Clinical Case Reports |
ISSN: | 2050-0904 |
Popis: | Key Clinical Message Patients with transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have an increased risk of cardiac events, due to both chronic anemia and iron overload. Here, we report the recovery of cardiac function after an intensive iron chelation therapy in a MDS patient who had developed heart failure due to iron overload. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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