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Abstract #4485

Movement Abnormalities in the Left Ventricle of Thalassemia Major Patients

Antonella Meloni1, Vincenzo Positano1, Pier Paolo Bitti2, Antonella Carollo3, Letizia Gulino1, Antonino Vallone4, Chiara Tudisca5, Elisabetta Chiodi6, Massimo Lombardi1, Alessia Pepe1

1CMR Unit, Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana and Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy; 2Servizio Immunoematologia e Medicina Trasfusionale, O. San Francesco, Nuoro, Italy; 3Servizio Talassemia-U.O. Pediatria Talassemia, Az. Osp. "Sant'Antonio abate", Trapani, Italy; 4Istituto di Radiologia Az. Osp. "Garibaldi", Presidio Ospedaliero Nesima, Catania, Italy; 5Istituto di Radiologia, Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy; 6Servizio Radiologia Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Arcispedale S. Anna di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Movement abnormalities in the left ventricle (LV) are not really frequent in thalassemia major patients (6%) and are predominant in the medium anterior, anterolateral and septal segments. Movement abnormalities are associated with age, myocardial iron overload, LV dilation and dysfunction and myocardial fibrosis.

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