A two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography for the diagnosis of early myocardial disease in beta-thalassemia major patients

• Main Authors: Azza Abdel Gawad Tantawy (Author), Nayera H K Elsherif (Author), Neveen M Habeeb (Author), Esraa M Hasan (Author), Abdelhameed E Abdelhameed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background : Although magnetic resonance imaging T2* is considered the gold standard to assess myocardial iron overload in β-thalassemia patients, its routine use is limited by the high cost and limited availability. Recent data demonstrated that strain imaging by speckle tracking is a sensitive too...