Accumulation of excess iron in the body, or systemic iron overload, results from a variety of
causes. The concentration of iron in the liver is linearly related to the total body iron stores …

Liver iron overload is the histological hallmark of hereditary hemochromatosis and
transfusional hemosiderosis, and can also occur in chronic hepatopathies. Iron overload can …

This aim of this statement is to report an expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of
cardiac dysfunction in β-thalassemia major (TM). This consensus statement does not cover …

For more than 70 years, Caffey's Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging has been the comprehensive,
go-to reference that radiologists have relied upon for dependable coverage of all aspects of …

Purpose To assess the determinants of technical failure of magnetic resonance (MR)
elastography of the liver in a large single-center study. Materials and Methods This …

Abstract Background Myocardial T1, T2 and T2* imaging techniques become increasingly
used in clinical practice. While normal values for T1, T2 and T2* times are well established …

NBIA characterizes a class of neurodegenerative diseases that feature a prominent
extrapyramidal movement disorder, intellectual deterioration, and a characteristic deposition …

Both primary and secondary iron overload are increasingly prevalent in the United States
because of immigration from the Far East, increasing transfusion therapy in sickle cell …

Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of tissue iron is becoming increasingly important
in the management of transfusional iron load because it is noninvasive, relatively widely …

Cardiac T2* map** is a noninvasive MRI method that is used to identify myocardial iron
accumulation in several iron storage diseases such as hereditary hemochromatosis, sickle …