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Left ventricular non-compaction in identical twins with thalassaemia and cardiac iron overload.
European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Jun 2009
Luckie Matthew, Irwin Bruce, Nair Satheesh, Greenwood John, Khattar Rajdeep
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac disease in patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemia major is well described. Cardiac manifestations may include left ventricular wall thickening and both systolic and diastolic dysfunctions. We describe a group of family members, including a pair of identical twins, each of whom suffered from thalassaemia major requiring multiple transfusions. Cardiac magnetic resonance demonstrated...
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