Correlation between Serum Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 (FABP4) Levels and Cardiac Function in Patients with Thalassemia Major.
Pandji Irani FianzaAnita RahmawatiShofura AfifahSuhendra PraptamaMohammad GhozaliTeddy Arnold SihiteDjatnika SetiabudiMas Rizky Anggun Adipurna SyamsunarnoSuthat FucharoenRamdan PanigoroPublished in: Disease markers (2021)
Serum FABP4 correlated with serum ferritin and cardiac function in patients with thalassemia major. FABP4 may be a potential clinical biomarker for cardiac dysfunction via metabolic and inflammatory pathways due to iron accumulation and toxicity in patients with thalassemia major.