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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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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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Thirty-year experience in preventing haemoglobinopathies in Greece: achievements and potentials for optimisation by Ladis, Vassilis, Karagiorga-Lagana, Markissia, Tsatra, Ioanna, Chouliaras, Giorgos

“…Objectives Beta thalassaemia major (β‐TM) and sickle‐cell disease (SCD) are severe haemogobinopathies requiring life‐lasting, advanced medical management. In…”
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Impact of magnetic resonance imaging on cardiac mortality in thalassemia major by Chouliaras, Giorgos, Berdoukas, Vasilios, Ladis, Vassilis, Kattamis, Antonis, Chatziliami, Antonia, Fragodimitri, Christina, Karabatsos, Fotis, Youssef, Jacqueline, Karagiorga-Lagana, Markissia

“…Purpose: To evaluate whether the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the management of thalassemia major (TM) patients has affected the risk of…”
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Survival in a large cohort of Greek patients with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia and mortality ratios compared to the general population by Ladis, Vassilis, Chouliaras, Giorgos, Berdoukas, Vasilios, Chatziliami, Antonia, Fragodimitri, Christina, Karabatsos, Fotis, Youssef, Jacqueline, Kattamis, Antonis, Karagiorga-Lagana, Markissia

“…Background:  With transfusions and chelation therapy, the prognosis for transfusion‐dependent beta thalassaemia has changed from being fatal in early childhood…”
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Echocardiographic and electrocardiographic prognostic factors of heart failure in young patients with β-thalassemia major: A 10-year (1995-2004) follow-up by CHRYSOHOOU, Christina, PANAGIOTAKOS, Demosthenes B, BARBETSEAS, Yannis, BRILLI, Stella, LAMBROU, Spyros, KARAGIORGA, Markissia, LADIS, Vassilis A, PITSAVOS, Christos, STEFANADIS, Christodoulos

“…Despite intense iron-chelation therapy, the life expectancy of patients with beta-thalassemia major (beta-TM) is still limited by the occurrence of heart…”
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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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Iron Overload, Cardiac and Other Factors Affecting Pregnancy in Thalassemia Major by Tsironi, Maria, Karagiorga, Markissia, Aessopos, Athanasios

“…The reproductive thalassemic population is growing older and doctors confront the challenge of the thalassemic pregnancy. Pregnancy is characterized by dynamic…”
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Liver disease in adult transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemic patients: investigating the role of iron overload and chronic HCV infection by Kountouras, Dimitrios, Tsagarakis, Nikolaos J., Fatourou, Evangelia, Dalagiorgos, Efthimios, Chrysanthos, Nikolaos, Berdoussi, Helen, Vgontza, Niki, Karagiorga, Markissia, Lagiandreou, Athanasios, Kaligeros, Konstantinos, Voskaridou, Ersi, Roussou, Paraskevi, Diamanti-Kandarakis, Evanthia, Koskinas, John

“…Background Iron overload and hepatitis‐C virus (HCV) infection, have been implicated in the evolution of liver disease, in patients with transfusion‐dependent…”
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Intercentre reproducibility of magnetic resonance T2 measurements of myocardial iron in thalassaemia by Westwood, Mark A, Firmin, David N, Gildo, Matta, Renzo, Galanello, Stathis, Gotsis, Markissia, Karagiorga, Vasili, Berdoukas, Pennell, Dudley J

“…In transfusion-dependent thalassemia major, iron-induced cardiomyopathy is the predominant cause of morbidity and mortality. Assessment of myocardial iron…”
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A novel α(0) -thalassemia deletion in a Greek patient with HbH disease and β-thalassemia trait by Phylipsen, Marion, Traeger-Synodinos, Jan, van der Kraan, Martijn, van Delft, Peter, Bakker, Greet, Geerts, Mariska, Kanavakis, Emmanuel, Stamoulakatou, Alexandra, Karagiorga, Markissia, Giordano, Piero C, Harteveld, Cornelis L

“…To determine the molecular basis in a Greek child suspected of having HbH disease and β-thalassemia trait.   Standard hematology, Hb electrophoresis, and HPLC…”
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A novel α 0 ‐thalassemia deletion in a Greek patient with HbH disease and β‐thalassemia trait by Phylipsen, Marion, Traeger‐Synodinos, Jan, van der Kraan, Martijn, van Delft, Peter, Bakker, Greet, Geerts, Mariska, Kanavakis, Emmanuel, Stamoulakatou, Alexandra, Karagiorga, Markissia, Giordano, Piero C., Harteveld, Cornelis L.

“…Objectives:  To determine the molecular basis in a Greek child suspected of having HbH disease and β‐thalassemia trait. Methods:  Standard hematology, Hb…”
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Phenotypic and molecular diversity of haemoglobin H disease : a Greek experience by KANAVAKIS, Emmanuel, PAPASSOTIRIOU, Ioannis, KARAGIORGA, Markissia, VRETTOU, Christina, METAXOTOU-MAVROMMATI, Anna, STAMOULAKATOU, Alexandra, KATTAMIS, Christos, TRAEGER-SYNODINOS, Joanne

“…Haemoglobin H (Hb H) disease is the severest form of alpha-thalassaemia compatible with post-natal life and occurs when alpha-thalassaemia mutations interact…”
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A novel α0-thalassemia deletion in a Greek patient with HbH disease and β-thalassemia trait by Phylipsen, Marion, Traeger-Synodinos, Jan, van der Kraan, Martijn, van Delft, Peter, Bakker, Greet, Geerts, Mariska, Kanavakis, Emmanuel, Stamoulakatou, Alexandra, Karagiorga, Markissia, Giordano, Piero C., Harteveld, Cornelis L.

“…Objectives:  To determine the molecular basis in a Greek child suspected of having HbH disease and β‐thalassemia trait. Methods:  Standard hematology, Hb…”
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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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Unusual phenotypic observations associated with a rare HbH disease genotype (‐ ‐Med/αTSaudiα): implications for clinical management by Traeger‐Synodinos, Joanne, Papassotiriou, Ioannis, Karagiorga, Markissia, Premetis, Evangelos, Kanavakis, Emmanuel, Stamoulakatou, Alexandra

“…A single patient with a rare Haemoglobin H (HbH) disease genotype (‐ ‐Med/αTSaudiα) was observed to have exceptionally high levels of HbH (> 60%) and…”
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Thirty‐year experience in preventing haemoglobinopathies in G reece: achievements and potentials for optimisation by Ladis, Vassilis, Karagiorga‐Lagana, Markissia, Tsatra, Ioanna, Chouliaras, Giorgos

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Echocardiographic and Electrocardiographic Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure in Young Patients with 3-Thalassemia Major: A 10-Year (1995-2004) Follow-up by Chrysohoou, Christina, Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B., Barbetseas, Yannis, Brilli, Stella, Lambrou, Spyros, Karagiorga, Markissia, Ladis, Vassilis A., Pitsavos, Christos, Stefanadis, Christodoulos

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Echocardiographic and Electrocardiographic Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure in Young Patients with ß-Thalassemia Major: A 10-Year (1995--2004) Follow-up by Chrysohoou, Christina, Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B, Barbetseas, Yannis, Brilli, Stella, Lambrou, Spyros, Karagiorga, Markissia, Ladis, Vassilis A, Pitsavos, Christos, Stefanadis, Christodoulos

“…Despite intense iron-chelation therapy, the life expectancy of patients with ß-thalassemia major (ß-TM) is still limited by the occurrence of heart failure. In…”
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