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Abstract #3787

Are the Preferential Patterns of Myocardial Iron Overload Preserved at the CMR Follow-Up?

MAGNA25Antonella Meloni1, Vincenzo Positano1, Daniele De Marchi1, Elisabetta Chiodi2, Massimiliano Missere3, Antonino Vallone4, Massimo Midiri5, Letizia Gulino1, Roberta Renn

1Cardiovascular MR Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy; 2Servizio Radiologia Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Arcispedale S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy; 3Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia nelle Scienze Biomediche "Giovanni Paolo II", Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy; 4Istituto di Radiologia, Az. Osp. "Garibaldi" Presidio Ospedaliero Nesima, Catania, Italy; 5Istituto di Radiologia, Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy; 6Day Hospital, Ospedale Civile F. Ferrari, Casarano, Lecce, Italy

In thalassemia major patients a preferential pattern of iron store in anterior and inferior regions was present at both basal and FU CMRs, with an increment of T2* values at FU due to a basal CMR-guided chelation therapy.

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