SCMR-LAC

Relation of myocardial T2* to right ventricular function in thalassaemia major (EHJ,2010:31, 1648–1654)
Dr. Francisco Alpendurada and cols, supervised by Prof. Dudley Pennell from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, have many studies about Iron Overload. One very interesting is about RV iron deposition. We can`t miss it... They concluded that myocardial iron deposition is strongly associated with RV dysfunction, which mirrors the decrease in LV function seen with worsening cardiac iron loading. Right ventricular dysfunction may play a significant role in heart failure associated with myocardial siderosis...