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Haematologica ; 107(2): 467-477, 2022 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33406815

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Transfusion-dependent patients typically develop iron-induced cardiomyopathy, liver disease, and endocrine complications. We aimed to estimate the incidence of endocrine disorders in transfusiondependent thalassemia (TDT) patients during long-term iron-chelation therapy with deferasirox (DFX). We developed a multi-center follow-up study of 426 TDT patients treated with once-daily DFX for a median duration of 8 years, up to 18.5 years. At baseline, 118, 121, and 187 patients had 0, 1, or ≥2 endocrine diseases respectively. 104 additional endocrine diseases were developed during the follow-up. The overall risk of developing a new endocrine complication within 5 years was 9.7% (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 6.3-13.1). Multiple Cox regression analysis identified three key predictors: age showed a positive log-linear effect (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] for 50% increase 1.2, 95% CI: 1.1-1.3, P=0.005), the serum concentration of thyrotropin showed a positive linear effect (adjusted HR for 1 mIU/L increase 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1-1.4, P<0.001) regardless the kind of disease incident, while the number of previous endocrine diseases showed a negative linear effect: the higher the number of diseases at baseline the lower the chance of developing further diseasess (adjusted HR for unit increase 0.5, 95% CI: 0.4-0.7, P<0.001). Age and thyrotropin had similar effect sizes across the categories of baseline diseases. The administration of levothyroxine as a covariate did not change the estimates. Although in DFX-treated TDT patients the risk of developing an endocrine complication is generally lower than the previously reported risk, there is considerable risk variation and the burden of these complications remains high. We developed a simple risk score chart enabling clinicians to estimate their patients' risk. Future research will look at increasing the amount of variation explained from our model and testing further clinical and laboratory predictors, including the assessment of direct endocrine magnetic resonance imaging.


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Sobrecarga de Ferro , Talassemia , Talassemia beta , Benzoatos/efeitos adversos , Terapia por Quelação/efeitos adversos , Deferasirox/efeitos adversos , Seguimentos , Humanos , Quelantes de Ferro/efeitos adversos , Sobrecarga de Ferro/tratamento farmacológico , Sobrecarga de Ferro/epidemiologia , Sobrecarga de Ferro/etiologia , Medição de Risco , Fatores de Risco , Talassemia/complicações , Talassemia/epidemiologia , Talassemia/terapia , Triazóis/efeitos adversos , Talassemia beta/complicações
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Eur Radiol ; 29(5): 2246-2252, 2019 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30338366

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the transferability of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) multislice multiecho T2* technique for pancreatic iron overload assessment. METHODS: Multiecho T2* sequences were installed on ten 1.5-T MRI scanners of the three main vendors. Five healthy subjects (n = 50) were scanned at each site. Five patients with thalassemia (n = 45) were scanned locally at each site and were rescanned at the reference site within 1 month. T2* images were analyzed using a previously validated software and the global pancreatic T2* value was calculated as the mean of T2* values over the head, body, and tail. RESULTS: T2* values of healthy subjects were above 26 ms and showed inter-site homogeneity. The T2* values measured in the MRI sites were comparable to the correspondent values observed in the reference site (12.02 ± 10.20 ms vs 11.98 ± 10.47 ms; p = 0.808), and the correlation coefficient was 0.978 (p < 0.0001). Coefficients of variation (CoVs) ranged from 4.22 to 9.77%, and the CoV for all the T2* values independently from the sites was 8.55%. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for each MRI site was always excellent and the global ICC was 0.995, independently from the sites. The mean absolute difference in patients with pancreatic iron (n = 39) was -0.15 ± 1.38 ms. CONCLUSION: The gradient-echo T2* MRI technique is an accurate and reproducible means for the quantification of pancreatic iron and may be transferred among MRI scanners by different vendors in several centers. KEY POINTS: • The gradient-echo T2* MRI technique is an accurate and reproducible means for the quantification of pancreatic iron. • The gradient-echo T2* MRI technique for the quantification of pancreatic iron may be transferred among MRI scanners by different vendors in several centers. • Pancreatic iron might serve as an early predictor of cardiac siderosis and is the strongest overall predictor of glucose dysregulation.


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Ferro/metabolismo , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Pâncreas/patologia , Siderose/diagnóstico , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Siderose/metabolismo
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Ann Hematol ; 97(10): 1925-1932, 2018 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29926157

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We prospectively assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the advantages of desferrioxamine (DFO) with respect to the absence of chelation therapy in non transfusion-dependent thalassaemia (NTDT) patients. We considered 18 patients non-chelated and 33 patients who received DFO alone between the two MRI scans. Iron overload was assessed by the T2* technique. Biventricular function parameters were quantified by cine sequences. No patient treated with DFO had cardiac iron. At baseline, only one non-chelated patient showed a pathological heart T2* value (< 20 ms) and he recovered at the follow-up. The percentage of patients who maintained a normal heart T2* value was 100% in both groups. A significant increase in the right ventricular ejection fraction was detected in DFO patients (3.48 ± 7.22%; P = 0.024). The changes in cardiac T2* values and in the biventricular function were comparable between the two groups. In patients with hepatic iron at baseline (MRI liver iron concentration (LIC) ≥ 3 mg/g/dw), the reduction in MRI LIC values was significant only in the DFO group (- 2.20 ± 4.84 mg/g/dw; P = 0.050). The decrease in MRI LIC was comparable between the groups. In conclusion, in NTDT patients, DFO therapy showed no advantage in terms of cardiac iron but its administration allowed an improvement in right ventricular function. Moreover, DFO reduced hepatic iron in patients with significant iron burden at baseline.


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Terapia por Quelação , Desferroxamina/uso terapêutico , Quelantes de Ferro/uso terapêutico , Sobrecarga de Ferro/prevenção & controle , Talassemia/tratamento farmacológico , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Terapia por Quelação/métodos , Criança , Feminino , Seguimentos , Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Coração/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Ferro/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Adulto Jovem
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J Cardiovasc Magn Reson ; 15: 1, 2013 Jan 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23324167

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BACKGROUND: Due to the limited data available in literature, the aim of this multi-centre study was to prospectively compare in thalassemia major (TM) patients the efficacy of combined deferiprone (DFP) and deferoxamine (DFO) regimen versus either DFP and DFO in monotherapy by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) over a follow up of 18 months. METHODS: Among the first 1135 TM patients in the MIOT (Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia) network, we evaluated those who had received either combined regimen (DFO + DFP, N=51) or DFP (N=39) and DFO (N=74) monotherapies between the two CMR scans. Iron overload was measured by T2* multiecho technique. Biventricular function parameters were quantitatively evaluated by cine images. RESULTS: The percentage of patients that maintained a normal global heart T2* value was comparable between DFP+DFO versus both monotherapy groups. Among the patients with myocardial iron overload at baseline, the changes in the global heart T2* and in biventricular function were not significantly different in DFP+DFO compared with the DFP group. The improvement in the global heart T2* was significantly higher in the DFP+DFO than the DFO group, without a difference in biventricular function. Among the patients with hepatic iron at baseline, the decrease in liver iron concentration values was significantly higher with combination therapy than with either monotherapy group. CONCLUSIONS: In TM patients at the dosages used in the real world, the combined DFP+DFO regimen was more effective in removing cardiac iron than DFO, and was superior in clearing hepatic iron than either DFO or DFP monotherapy. Combined therapy did not show an additional effect on heart function over DFP.


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Cardiomiopatias/tratamento farmacológico , Desferroxamina/uso terapêutico , Quelantes de Ferro/uso terapêutico , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Piridonas/uso terapêutico , Volume Sistólico/efeitos dos fármacos , Função Ventricular Esquerda/efeitos dos fármacos , Função Ventricular Direita/efeitos dos fármacos , Talassemia beta/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Cardiomiopatias/etiologia , Cardiomiopatias/patologia , Cardiomiopatias/fisiopatologia , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Deferiprona , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Itália , Fígado/metabolismo , Fígado/patologia , Imagem Cinética por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Miocárdio/patologia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto Jovem , Talassemia beta/complicações , Talassemia beta/diagnóstico
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J Pediatr Hematol Oncol ; 35(6): e260-4, 2013 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23652868

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BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a leading cause of morbidity in patients affected by ß-thalassemia major or intermediate; we aimed to assess the association between demineralization observed in young thalassemic patients. METHODS: A total of 88 patients with ß-thalassemia were recruited at Microcitemia Center of Taranto Hospital under the Prevention Osteoporosis and Fractures research project from 2008 to 2010. All the patients were screened with both dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative ultrasound (QUS). T score and Z score values were obtained for each subject. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of demineralization was 84% with DXA and 70% with QUS, whereas normality was found in 16% of patients screened with DXA and in 30% of cases with QUS. Hypogonadism, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis-B, and the presence of previous fragility fractures were significantly associated with the demineralization status (lower T scores values) both with DXA and QUS. CONCLUSION: Our data confirm that DXA and QUS examinations are both useful for detecting bone demineralization in thalassemic patients.


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Fraturas Ósseas/diagnóstico por imagem , Osteoporose/diagnóstico por imagem , Talassemia beta/complicações , Absorciometria de Fóton , Adulto , Idoso , Diabetes Mellitus , Feminino , Falanges dos Dedos da Mão/diagnóstico por imagem , Fraturas Ósseas/etiologia , Hepatite B/complicações , Humanos , Hipogonadismo/complicações , Hipotireoidismo/complicações , Itália , Vértebras Lombares/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoporose/epidemiologia , Osteoporose/etiologia , Prevalência , Ultrassonografia , Adulto Jovem
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Acta Biomed ; 92(S3): e2021584, 2022 03 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35604261

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BACKGROUND AND AIM: The treatment of irreparable massive rotator cuff tears (MIRCTs) represents a challenge for the orthopedic surgeon both for the affected population and for the intrinsic characteristics of the injury. There are different types of treatment ranging from bursectomy to reverse shoulder prosthesis and subacromial spacers. The aim of the work is to establish the clinical and functional improvement of patients treated with subacromial spacer. METHODS: we conducted 2 studies: the first analyzing a sample of 24 patients (14 females and 10 male, mean age 65.7 years) operated between 2015 and 2017 whose last follow up dates back to October 2021 and a second one analyzing 55 patients (including patients of the first sample) (30 females and 25 males, mean age 64 years) over a period of time from 2015 to 2021. The mean follow up was 56 months. All patients were diagnosed with irreparable massive rotator cuff  tears and treated with subacromial spacer. RESULTS: the result in both studies was an increase of Constant score, tripled from the pre-operative values, in ROM, doubled, and a reduction of VAS. CONCLUSIONS: the clinical results are encouraging and the use of the subacromial spacer could be a valid surgical alternative for patients with MIRCTs.  However, we needed randomized trials with long-term follow-up.


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Procedimentos Ortopédicos , Lesões do Manguito Rotador , Idoso , Artroscopia/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Amplitude de Movimento Articular , Lesões do Manguito Rotador/cirurgia , Resultado do Tratamento
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Diabetes Care ; 43(11): 2830-2839, 2020 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32887708

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: We systematically explored the link of pancreatic iron with glucose metabolism and with cardiac complications in a cohort of 1,079 patients with thalassemia major (TM) enrolled in the Extension-Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia (E-MIOT) project. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: MRI was used to quantify iron overload (T2* technique) and cardiac function (cine images) and to detect macroscopic myocardial fibrosis (late gadolinium enhancement technique). Glucose metabolism was assessed by the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). RESULTS: Patients with normal glucose metabolism showed significantly higher global pancreas T2* values than patients with impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, and diabetes. A pancreas T2* <13.07 ms predicted an abnormal OGTT. A normal pancreas T2* value showed a 100% negative predictive value for disturbances of glucose metabolism and for cardiac iron. Patients with myocardial fibrosis showed significantly lower pancreas T2* values. Patients with cardiac complications had significantly lower pancreas T2* values. No patient with arrhythmias/heart failure had a normal global pancreas T2*. CONCLUSIONS: Pancreatic iron is a powerful predictor not only for glucose metabolism but also for cardiac iron and complications, supporting the close link between pancreatic iron and heart disease and the need to intensify iron chelation therapy to prevent both alterations of glucose metabolism and cardiac iron accumulation.


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Glucose/metabolismo , Cardiopatias/complicações , Cardiopatias/metabolismo , Sobrecarga de Ferro/metabolismo , Ferro/metabolismo , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Talassemia beta/complicações , Talassemia beta/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Criança , Meios de Contraste/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus/metabolismo , Feminino , Fibrose , Gadolínio/metabolismo , Intolerância à Glucose/complicações , Teste de Tolerância a Glucose , Cardiopatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Sobrecarga de Ferro/diagnóstico por imagem , Sobrecarga de Ferro/etiologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miocárdio/patologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Adulto Jovem
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging ; 19(3): 299-309, 2018 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28200076

RESUMO

Aims: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has dramatically changed the clinical practice in thalassemia major (TM), lowering cardiac complications. We prospectively reassessed the predictive value of CMR parameters for heart failure (HF) and arrhythmias in TM. Methods and results: We considered 481 white TM patients (29.48 ± 8.93 years, 263 females) enrolled in the Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia (MIOT) network. Myocardial and liver iron overload were measured by T2* multiecho technique. Atrial dimensions and biventricular function were quantified by cine images. Late gadolinium enhancement images were acquired to detect myocardial fibrosis. Mean follow-up was 57.91 ± 18.23 months. After the first CMR scan 69.6% of the patients changed chelation regimen. We recorded 18 episodes of HF. In the multivariate analysis the independent predictive factors were myocardial fibrosis (HR = 10.94, 95% CI = 3.28-36.43, P < 0.0001), homogeneous MIO (compared with no MIO) (HR = 5.56, 95% CI = 1.37-22.51, P = 0.016), ventricular dysfunction (HR = 4.33, 95% CI = 1.39-13.43, P = 0.011). Arrhythmias occurred in 16 patients. Among the CMR parameters only the atrial dilation was identified as univariate prognosticator (HR = 4.26 95% CI=1.54-11.75, P = 0.005). Conclusions: CMR guided the change of chelation therapy in nearly 70% of patients, leading to a lower risk of iron-mediated HF and of arrhythmias than previously reported. Homogeneous MIO remained a risk factor for HF but also myocardial fibrosis and ventricular dysfunction identified patients at high risk. Arrhythmias were independent of MIO but increased with atrial dilatation. CMR by a multi-parametric approach dramatically improves cardiac outcomes and provides prognostic information beyond cardiac iron estimation.


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Arritmias Cardíacas/etiologia , Cardiomiopatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Cardiomiopatias/etiologia , Imagem Cinética por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Talassemia beta/complicações , Talassemia beta/diagnóstico , Adulto , Arritmias Cardíacas/fisiopatologia , Terapia por Quelação/métodos , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Estudos Prospectivos , Medição de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores de Tempo , Adulto Jovem , Talassemia beta/terapia
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging ; 16(3): 325-34, 2015 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25246505

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AIMS: [Formula: see text] multislice multiecho cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) allows quantification of the segmental distribution of myocardial iron overload (MIO). We evaluated whether a preferential pattern MIO was preserved between two CMR scans in regularly chelated thalassaemia major (TM) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated prospectively 259 TM patients enrolled in the MIO in Thalassaemia (MIOT) network with a CMR follow-up (FU) study at 18 ± 3 months and significant MIO at baseline. The [Formula: see text] in the 16 segments and the global value were calculated. Four main circumferential regions (anterior, septal, inferior and lateral) were defined. We identified two groups: severe (n = 80, global [Formula: see text] <10 ms) and mild-moderate MIO (n = 179, global [Formula: see text] = 10-26 ms). Based on the CMR reports, 56.4% of patients changed the chelation regimen. For each group, there was a significant improvement in the global heart as well as in regional [Formula: see text] values (P < 0.0001). At the baseline, the mean [Formula: see text] value over the anterior region was significantly lower than the values over the other regions, and the mean [Formula: see text] over the inferior region was significantly lower than the values over the septal and the lateral regions. The same pattern was present at the FU, with a little difference for patients with mild-moderate MIO. CONCLUSION: A preferential pattern of iron store in anterior and inferior regions was present at both CMRs, with an increment of [Formula: see text] values at FU due to a baseline CMR-guided chelation therapy. The anterior region seems the region in which the iron accumulates first and is removed later.


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Terapia por Quelação/métodos , Cardiopatias/terapia , Sobrecarga de Ferro/terapia , Imagem Cinética por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Talassemia beta/terapia , Adulto , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Seguimentos , Cardiopatias/diagnóstico , Humanos , Sobrecarga de Ferro/diagnóstico , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Medição de Risco , Resultado do Tratamento , Talassemia beta/diagnóstico
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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) ; 16(10): 689-95, 2015 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26090920

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AIMS: Our aim was to evaluate the correlation between myocardial fibrosis detected using the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) technique and chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in a large, retrospective, multicentre cohort of thalassemia major patients. METHODS: LGE images were acquired in 434 thalassemia major patients (233 men, 31 ±â€Š9 years) enrolled in the MIOT (Myocardial Iron Overload in Thalassemia) study. Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA tests were sensitive to detect more than 50  copies/ml. RESULTS: No patient manifested moderate/severe adverse events associated with the use of Gadobutrol. Myocardial fibrosis was detected in 90 (21%) patients. Among the 312 patients tested for HCV-RNA, there was a significant correlation between the presence of myocardial fibrosis and CHC (P = 0.011). Among the 62 patients with myocardial fibrosis tested for HCV-RNA, we found a significantly higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus in CHC patients versus the no-CHC patients (P = 0.049). CONCLUSION: Our findings support the use of the LGE CMR approach well tolerated in the thalassemia major patients with CHC. HCV infection can be involved in the pathogenesis of myocardial fibrosis through both myocarditis directly and the pancreas and liver damage with the development of diabetes indirectly. These patients could therefore benefit from cardioactive drugs and therapeutic interventions directed towards the eradication of virus.


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Fibrose Endomiocárdica/diagnóstico , Gadolínio/análise , Hepatite C Crônica/complicações , Imagem Cinética por Ressonância Magnética/efeitos adversos , Talassemia/complicações , Adulto , Meios de Contraste , Estudos Transversais , Diabetes Mellitus/diagnóstico , Feminino , Coração/fisiopatologia , Hepacivirus/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Adulto Jovem
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Eur J Intern Med ; 22(1): 62-5, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21238896

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BACKGROUND: Cardiac complications secondary to iron overload remain a significant matter in patients with transfusion dependent anemias. PATIENTS AND METHODS: To evaluate cardiac siderosis, Magnetic resonance imaging T2* (MRI T2*) was performed in 3 cohorts of transfusion dependent patients: 99 with thalassemia major (TM), 20 with thalassemia intermedia (TI), and 10 with acquired anemias (AA). Serum ferritin was measured and all patients underwent echocardiographic evaluation. RESULTS: In TM patients cardiac T2* pathologic values (below 20 ms) were found in 37 patients. Serum ferritin was negatively associated with age (r=-0.32, p=0.001) and weakly with T2* values (r=-0.19, p=0.057). A positive correlation was found between T2* and LVEF (r=0.27, p=0.006). Out of 37 patients with T2*<20 ms, 18 (48%) had serum ferritin values<1000 ng/ml. In TI cohort, 3 patients had cardiac T2* pathologic values. In AA cohort, pathologic T2* values were found in 2 patients, who received 234 and 199 PRBC units, respectively, and were both on chelation therapy (in one patient ferritin value was 399 ng/ml). T2* values were negatively associated, but not significantly, with the number of PRBC transfused (r=-0.53, p=0.07). CONCLUSION: In our experience, 37% of TM patients had a myocardial iron overload assessed by MRI T2*; this value is higher than in TI patients. Serum ferritin measurement was a poor predictor of myocardial siderosis. In patients with AA, more than 200 PRBC units transfused were required to induce cardiac hemosiderosis, in spite of chelation therapy and, in one patient, of normal ferritin values.


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Sobrecarga de Ferro/patologia , Ferro/efeitos adversos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Miocárdio/patologia , Talassemia/patologia , Talassemia/terapia , Reação Transfusional , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Anemia/patologia , Anemia/terapia , Terapia por Quelação/métodos , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Humanos , Ferro/administração & dosagem , Sobrecarga de Ferro/complicações , Sobrecarga de Ferro/terapia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Medição de Risco , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Talassemia/complicações , Resultado do Tratamento
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