TY - JOUR JF - IJBC JO - Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer VL - 1 IS - 3 PY - 2009 Y1 - 2009/3/01 TI - Correlation of Serum Ferritin Level with Cardiac Function in β-Thalassemia Major TT - N2 - Background: The most important problem in regular transfusion dependent β-thalassemia major is cardiac dysfunction due to iron deposition in it. The aim of this study was to evaluate correlation between serum ferritin levels and cardiac function in β-thalassemia major in Mofid Hospital. Materials and Methods: There were 112 β-thalassemia patients with a mean age of 13.55± 6.12 years, of whom 49 were males and 63 were females. Patients enrolled in this study were divided into two groups group 1 (n=33) who were good users of chelation therapy with ferritin levels of SP - 103 EP - 107 AU - Mahmoodi Nesheli, Hassan AU - Arzanian, Mohammad Taghi AU - Galini Moghaddam, Tahereh AU - Shamsian, Bibi Shahin AU - Alavi, Samin AU - Gachkar, Latif AU - Mojtahedzadeh, Said AU - Hajian Tilaki, Karimollah AD - KW - Beta-thalassaemia KW - Echocardiography KW - Ferritin UR - http://ijbc.ir/article-1-12-en.html ER -