Cardiovascular T2-star (T2*) magnetic resonance for the early diagnosis of myocardial iron overload

Anderson, Lisa

doi:10.1053/euhj.2001.2822

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Cardiovascular T2-star (T2*) magnetic resonance for the early diagnosis of myocardial iron overload

Published in European Heart Journal • Dec 1, 2001

Authors:

Lisa Anderson

Abstract

AIMS: To develop and validate a non-invasive method for measuring myocardial iron in order to allow diagnosis and treatment before overt cardiomyopathy and failure develops. METHODS AND RESULTS: We have developed a new magnetic resonance T2-star (T2*) technique for the measurement of tissue iron, wi...

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Medicine

Magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiology

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