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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging R2 assessments and analysis of historical parameters in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia by Aessopos, Athanassios, Fragodimitri, Christina, Karabatsos, Fotios, Hatziliami, Antonia, Yousef, Jacqueline, Giakoumis, Anastasios, Dokou, Aikaterini, Gotsis, Efstathios D, Berdoukas, Vasilis, Karagiorga, Markissia

“…* From the First Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Aghio Thoma 17, Athens Greece; ° The Thalassemia Unit, "Aghia Sophia"…”
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Effect of deferiprone or deferoxamine on right ventricular function in thalassemia major patients with myocardial iron overload by Smith, Gillian C, Alpendurada, Francisco, Carpenter, John Paul, Alam, Mohammed H, Berdoukas, Vasili, Karagiorga, Markissia, Ladis, Vasili, Piga, Antonio, Aessopos, Athanassios, Gotsis, Efstathios D, Tanner, Mark A, Westwood, Mark A, Galanello, Renzo, Roughton, Michael, Pennell, Dudley J

“…Thalassaemia major (TM) patients need regular blood transfusions that lead to accumulation of iron and death from heart failure. Deferiprone has been reported…”
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Intensive chelation therapy in β-thalassemia and possible adverse cardiac effects of desferrioxamine by AESSOPOS, Athanassios, KATI, Maria, FARMAKIS, Dimitrios, POLONIFI, Ekaterini, DEFTEREOS, Spyros, TSIRONI, Maria

“…Combination chelation therapy with desferrioxamine and deferiprone has recently been suggested as a more effective tissue iron-chelating treatment for…”
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Comparison of echocardiographic (US) volumetry with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in transfusion dependent thalassemia major (TM) by Giakoumis, Anastasios, Berdoukas, Vasilis, Gotsis, Efstathios, Aessopos, Athanassios

“…Despite advances in survival in patients with thalassemia major (TM) the most common cause of death is cardiac disease. Regular cardiac follow-up is imperative…”
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Predictive echo-Doppler indices of left ventricular impairment in B-thalassemic patients by Aessopos, Athanassios, Deftereos, Spyros, Tsironi, Maria, Karabatsos, Fotios, Yousef, Jacqueline, Fragodimitri, Christina, Hatziliami, Antonia, Karagiorga, Markissia

“…Early detection of cardiac-function impairment by echo-Doppler indices can assist in preventing further cardiac damage by modifying disease progression and…”
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Prevention of Cardiomyopathy in Transfusion-Dependent Homozygous Thalassaemia Today and the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Aessopos, Athanassios, Berdoukas, Vasilios, Tsironi, Maria

“…Transfusion and iron chelation therapy revolutionised survival and reduced morbidity in patients with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia major. Despite…”
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The heart in transfusion dependent homozygous thalassaemia today - prediction, prevention and management by Aessopos, Athanassios, Berdoukas, Vasilios, Tsironi, Maria

“…Cardiac disease remains the major cause of death in thalassaemia major. This review deals with the mechanisms involved in heart failure development, the…”
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Thalassemia intermedia today: should patients regularly receive transfusions? by Aessopos, Athanassios, Kati, Maria, Meletis, John

“…BACKGROUND: β‐Thalassemia is an inherited hemoglobin disorder characterized by reduced synthesis of β‐globin chain. The severity of clinical course…”
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Randomized controlled trial of deferiprone or deferoxamine in beta-thalassemia major patients with asymptomatic myocardial siderosis by Pennell, Dudley J., Berdoukas, Vasili, Karagiorga, Markissia, Ladis, Vasili, Piga, Antonio, Aessopos, Athanassios, Gotsis, Efstathios D., Tanner, Mark A., Smith, Gill C., Westwood, Mark A., Wonke, Beatrix, Galanello, Renzo

“…Most deaths in beta-thalassemia major result from cardiac complications due to iron overload. Differential effects on myocardial siderosis may exist between…”
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Liver iron concentration and fibrosis in a cohort of transfusion-dependent patients on long-term desferrioxamine therapy by Berdoukas, Vasili, Bohane, Timothy, Tobias, Vivienne, De Silva, Keshani, Fraser, Ian, Aessopos, Athanassios, Lindeman, Robert

“…Secondary iron overload is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Although new, less invasive techniques are becoming available, the most…”
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Acute brucellosis: presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of 144 cases by Andriopoulos, Panos, Tsironi, Maria, Deftereos, Spiros, Aessopos, Athanassios, Assimakopoulos, Giorgos

“…Summary Objectives Brucellosis, whether in an endemic region or not, remains a diagnostic puzzle due to occasional misleading unusual presentations and…”
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Overexpression of survivin levels in circulation and tissue samples of lung cancer patients by Kapellos, Gerasimos, Polonifi, Katerina, Farmakis, Dimitrios, Spartalis, Eleftherios, Tomos, Periklis, Aessopos, Athanassios, Polizos, Aris, Mantzourani, Marina

“…Survivin, an apoptosis inhibitor protein, has multiple functions that favor cancer cell survival. We sought to determine survivin levels in blood samples and…”
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Extramedullary Hematopoiesis-Related Pleural Effusion: The Case of β-Thalassemia by Aessopos, Athanassios, Tassiopoulos, Stergios, Farmakis, Dimitrios, Moyssakis, Ioannis, Kati, Maria, Polonifi, Katerina, Tsironi, Maria

“…Thalassemia intermedia has a later clinical onset and a milder anemia than thalassemia major, characterized by high output state, left ventricle remodeling,…”
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Intensive Chelation Therapy in β-Thalassemia and Possible Adverse Cardiac Effects of Desferrioxamine by Aessopos, Athanassios, Kati, Maria, Farmakis, Dimitrios, Polonifi, Ekaterini, Deftereos, Spyros, Tsironi, Maria

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Intervertebral disc calcification in thalassemia intermedia by Aessopos, Athanassios, Tsironi, Maria, Polonifi, Katerina, Baltopoulos, Panagiotis, Vaiopoulos, George

“…Objectives:  Intervertebral disc calcification, an age‐related phenomenon of variable clinical significance is described in hemochromatosis. As β‐thalassemia…”
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Congestive Heart Failure and Treatment in Thalassemia Major by Aessopos, Athanassios, Kati, Maria, Tsironi, Maria

“…The homozygous β-thalassemias are a group of genetically inherited hemoglobin (Hb) disorders characterized by dyserythropoietic anemia. According to the degree…”
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Correlation of echocardiography parameters with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia major by Aessopos, Athanassios, Giakoumis, Anastasios, Fragodimitri, Christina, Karabatsos, Fotis, Hatziliami, Antonia, Yousef, Jacqueline, Gotsis, Efstathios, Berdoukas, Vasilis, Karagiorga, Markissia

“…Background and objective: Heart iron load (cardiac Fe) can be indirectly quantified by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) T2*. CMR accessibility is limited,…”
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Effects of Combined Deferiprone and Deferoxamine Chelation Therapy on Iron Load Indices in β-Thalassemia by Tsironi, Maria, Assimakopoulos, George, Polonofi, Katerina, Rigaki, Kalliopi, Aessopos, Athanassios

“…The benefits of combined deferoxamine (DFO) and deferiprone (L1) chelation therapy, focusing on reducing myocardial iron loading, have been widely reported…”
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Does Heterozygous β-Thalassemia Confer a Protection against Coronary Artery Disease? by TASSIOPOULOS, STERGIOS, DEFTEREOS, SPYROS, KONSTANTOPOULOS, KOSTAS, FARMAKIS, DIMITRIS, TSIRONI, MARIA, KYRIAKIDIS, MICHALIS, AESSOPOS, ATHANASSIOS

“…: Six hundred and thirty‐eight patients who presented with clinical symptoms and/or electrocardiographic findings suggestive of stable angina pectoris were…”
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Lack of correlation between iron overload cardiac dysfunction and needle liver biopsy iron concentration by Berdoukas, V, Dakin, C, Freema, A, Fraser, I, Aessopos, A, Bohane, T

“…In 58 patients with transfusion dependent anemia, we compared cardiac function, as assessed by gated pooled cardiac scan at rest and during exercise stress,…”
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