IMR Press / RCM / Volume 23 / Issue 8 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2308267
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Diagnostic Modalities in Detecting Cardiovascular Complications of Thalassemia
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1 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, 40161 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
2 Research Center of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, 40161 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
3 Doctoral Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, 40161 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
4 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, 40161 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
5 Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, 40161 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
6 Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, 40161 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
7 Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, 10400 Nakhonpathom, Thailand
*Correspondence: pandji.irani.fianza@unpad.ac.id (Pandji I. Fianza)
Academic Editors: Sophie Mavrogeni and Gaston Rodriguez-Granillo
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(8), 267; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2308267
Submitted: 10 April 2022 | Revised: 4 July 2022 | Accepted: 7 July 2022 | Published: 22 July 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Thalassemia major is the most common monogenetic disorder worldwide, manifested as chronic hemolytic anemia. This condition leads to the need for chronic blood transfusion to be monitored for an iron overload that may be stored in several tissues and organs, including cardiomyocytes, that might cause a broad spectrum of cardiac iron toxicities such as heart failure conduction delays, myocarditis, and arrhythmias. Non-invasive imaging modalities have their benefits and limitations. Each modality complements and generates a comprehensive diagnostic and monitoring of cardiac siderosis in thalassemia major patients.

Keywords
cardiac siderosis
diagnostic modalities
thalassemia major
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