Survival and causes of death in patients with alpha and beta-thalassemia in Northern Thailand.

Adisak TantiworawitThansita KamolsripatPokpong Piriyakhuntorn Thanawat Rattanathammethee Sasinee Hantrakool Chatree Chai-Adisaksopha Ekarat Rattaritamrong Lalita Norasetthada Kanda Fanhchaksai Pimlak Charoenkwan

Published in: Annals of medicine (2024)

Our study highlights the primary contributors to mortality in patients with thalassemia as infection-related issues and cardiac complications. It also underscores the significant impact of TDT and elevated serum ferritin levels on the survival of thalassemia patients.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
risk factors
prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
atrial fibrillation