Correlation between plasma biochemical parameters and cardio-hepatic iron deposition in thalassemia major patients.

Hakimeh SaadatifarMaysam Mard-SoltaniArezoo NiayeshfarNeda ShakerianSomayeh PouriamehrDavood Alinezhad DezfuliSaeed KhaliliSamira SaadatifarSeyed MohammadJavad Mashhadi

Published in: Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation (2024)

An increase in blood sugar or liver enzymes and a decrease in serum magnesium was associated with an increase in cardiac iron overload based on MRI T2*. Liver iron overload based on MRI T2* had a significant correlation with serum ferritin.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
end stage renal disease
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
diffusion weighted imaging
peritoneal dialysis
computed tomography