Myocardial iron overload by cardiovascular magnetic resonance native segmental T1 mapping: a sensitive approach that correlates with cardiac complications.
Antonella MeloniNicola MartiniVincenzo PositanoAntonio De LucaLaura PistoiaSara SbragiAnna SpasianoTommaso CasiniPier Paolo BittiMassimo AllòPaola Maria Grazia SannaRaffaele De CaterinaGianfranco SinagraAlessia PepePublished in: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2021)
The combined use of both segmental native T1 and T2* values could improve the sensitivity for detecting MIO. Native T1 is associated with cardiac complications in thalassaemia major.