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Cardiac phosphorus-31 two-dimensional chemical shift imaging in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis.
Magnetic resonance imaging - 1 May 2004
Schocke Michael F H, Zoller Heinz, Vogel Wolfgang, Wolf Christian, Kremser Christian, Steinboeck Peter, Poelzl Gerhard, Pachinger Otmar, Jaschke Werner R, Metzler Bernhard
Abstract excerpt
Hemochromatosis is a hereditary iron overload syndrome characterized by increased iron storage, followed by liver cirrhosis and is often associated with restrictive cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this study was to detect alterations of cardiac high-energy phosphate metabolism in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis (HHC) prior to the development of structural heart diseases. Therefore cardiac phosphorus-31...
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