Background The clinical application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T 2 and T
2* mapping is currently limited as ranges for healthy and cardiac diseases are poorly …

Speckle-tracking echocardiography has enabled clinicians to detect changes in myocardial
function with more sensitivity than that afforded by traditional diastolic and systolic functional …

Background Timely diagnosis of cardiac iron overload is important for children with
transfusion-dependent anaemias and requires modern measure methods. Nowadays …

Dear Editor, We were very interested in the paper by Byrne et al.[1] concerning the
improvements in cardiac function detected with the use of echocardiography in patients with …

Current clinical MRI techniques are able to detect several cardiac tissue alterations, but such
detections are often only possible after irreversible remodeling of the heart has occurred …

The HEF gene mutation affects iron absorption, and its genetic polymorphism is correlated
with multiple diseases. This study analyzed the correlation between HFE polymorphisms …