N-terminal-pro-b-type natriuretic peptide levels and cardiac hemosiderosis in adolescent β-thalassemia major patients

• Main Authors: Ahmad Kautsar (Author), Najib Advani (Author), Murti Andriastuti (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Background: Iron-induced cardiomyopathy remains the leading cause of mortality in patients with β-thalassemia major. Iron overload cardiomyopathy, which may be reversible through iron chelation, is characterized by early diastolic dysfunction. Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)...