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
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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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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