Assessment of left ventricular functions and myocardial iron load with tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography and T2*MRI in patients with beta-thalassemia major

Ari M. E., Ekici F., Cetin I. I., Tavil E. B., Yarali N., Isik P., ...More

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES, vol.34, no.3, pp.383-389, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/echo.13463
  • Journal Name: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.383-389
  • Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, left ventricular function, strain, tissue Doppler imaging, MAGNETIC-RESONANCE, STANDARDS COMMITTEE, DIASTOLIC FUNCTION, SYSTOLIC STRAIN, RECOMMENDATIONS, QUANTIFICATION, NOMENCLATURE, DEFORMATION, DYSFUNCTION
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine early myocardial dysfunction in beta-thalassemia major (BTM) patients. Where the myocardial dysfunction cannot be detected by conventional echocardiography, it could be detected by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) or speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).