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Hepatic and cardiac iron overload among patients with end-stage liver disease referred for liver transplantation.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Jan 2000
O'Glasser Avital Y, Scott David L, Corless Christopher L, Zaman Atif, Sasaki Anna, Gopal Deepak V, Rayhill Stephen C, Orloff Susan L, Ham John M, Rabkin John M, Flora Ken, Davies Crispin H, Broberg Craig S, Schwartz Jonathan M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Iron overload is associated with fatal cardiovascular events following liver transplantation. Myocardial iron deposits were observed post-mortem in patients who died of cardiac events after transplantation at our institution. This observation prompted testing to exclude cardiac iron i...
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