Beta-thalassemia heart disease: is it time for its recognition as a distinct cardiomyopathy?

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2008 Nov-Dec;49(6):451-2.

Author

Dimitrios Th Kremastinos¹

Affiliation

¹ 2nd University Department of Cardiology, University General Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 19110935

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
Heart Failure / etiology*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Humans
Iron Overload / complications
Iron Overload / physiopathology
beta-Thalassemia / complications*