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Case Reports
. 1993 Apr;103(4):1276-8.
doi: 10.1378/chest.103.4.1276.

Regression of cardiac insufficiency after ambulatory intravenous deferoxamine in thalassemia major

P Wacker  1 , D S Halperin, D Balmer-Ruedin, I Oberhansli, M Wyss
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Regression of cardiac insufficiency after ambulatory intravenous deferoxamine in thalassemia major

P Wacker et al. Chest. 1993 Apr.

Abstract

A case of severe cardiac failure due to iron overload in a patient with beta-thalassemia major is reported. The patient was successfully treated with high-dose ambulatory intravenous deferoxamine (desferrioxamine). This type of chelation appears to be a valuable alternative to subcutaneous deferoxamine administration in the presence of severe iron overload.

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