Background: Cardiac dysfunction due to chronic anemia and hemosiderosis are the major causes of death among patients with thalassemia intermedia. This study was performed to compare the cardiac function in thalassemia intermedia patients with normal subjects by means of echocardiography. Materials and Methods: This was a case-control study performed on 22 patients affected by thalassemia int...

abstract objective cardiac dysfunction is a major cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia. in these patients, repeated blood transfusion, ineffective erythropoiesis and increased gastrointestinal iron absorption lead to iron overload in the body and this induced heart failure. left ventricular ejection fraction was measured in major beta thalassemia (β-th) patients to detect the relati...

conclusions in the setting of acute left ventricular function depression in hocm, a comprehensive differential diagnosis should be established. treatment should be based on hemodynamic changes. after recovery, the prognosis is related to hocm. case presentation we present a unique case where tks occurred in a middle-aged male patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (hocm) without a...

Abstract Objective Cardiac dysfunction is a major cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia. In these patients, repeated blood transfusion, ineffective erythropoiesis and increased gastrointestinal iron absorption lead to iron overload in the body and this induced heart failure. Left ventricular ejection fraction was measured in major beta thalassemia (β-Th) patients to detect the rela...

BackgroundIncreased metabolic rate of hyperglycemia in gestational diabetes causes macrosomia, which can also affect the fetal heart. The thickness of the walls of the heart and its function in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can change over time before treatment. We aimed to evaluate fetal cardiac structure in terms of ventricular wall thickness and its function in women w...

recognition of the natural history and responsible leading factors for regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after successful renal transplantation are very important. the aim of this study was to assess the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy after successful renal transplantation among uremic patients. in this study 27 uremic patients (18 males and 9 females) with an average age o...

introduction: we aimed to assess whether the vasodilator effect of oral dipyridamole on the left ventricular systolic function in patients with suspected cad is different from that of intravenous (iv) dipyridamole using tc-99m mibi myocardial perfusion gated spect. methods: eighty-nine patients (17 m / 72 w; 61 ± 10 years) were enrolled in this study. the patients underwent a dipyridamole stres...

background: cardiac dysfunction due to chronic anemia and hemosiderosis are the major causes of death among patients with thalassemia intermedia. this study was performed to compare the cardiac function in thalassemia intermedia patients with normal subjects by means of echocardiography. materials and methods: this was a case-control study performed on 22 patients affected by thalassemia interm...

results of the 41 patients with dcm, echocardiography examination revealed 11 patients (27%) without mitral regurgitation and 12 (29%) with mild, 11 (27%) with moderate, and seven (17%) with severe mitral regurgitation. all of the morphological and functional parameters of left ventricle, atrium and mitral valve in dcm patients were greater than those in healthy subjects (all p < 0.05), except ...