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Normalized left ventricular volumes and function in thalassemia major patients with normal myocardial iron. 2007

Mark A Westwood, and Lisa J Anderson, and Alicia M Maceira, and Farrukh T Shah, and Emma Prescott, and John B Porter, and Beatrix Wonke, and J Malcolm Walker, and Dudley J Pennell
Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.

OBJECTIVE To determine the reference range in thalassemia major (TM) for left ventricular (LV) function. METHODS We used cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to measure heart volumes and function in 81 TM patients with normal myocardial T2* measurements (T2* > 20 msec) and by inference without excess myocardial iron. Forty age- and gender-matched healthy controls were also studied. RESULTS Resting LV volumes and function normalized to body surface area differed significantly between TM patients and controls. The lower limit and the mean for ejection fraction (EF) were higher in TM patients (males 59 vs. 55%, mean 71% vs. 65%; females 63 vs. 59%, mean 71% vs. 67%; both P < 0.001). The upper limit and mean for end-diastolic volume index were higher in TM patients (males 152 vs. 105 mL/m(2), mean 97 vs. 84 mL/m(2); females 121 vs. 99 mL/m(2), mean 87 vs. 79 mL/m(2); both P < 0.05). In TM patients the cardiac index (P < 0.001) was increased. CONCLUSIONS At rest, TM patients with a normal myocardial T2* have different "normal" values for LV volume and function parameters compared to controls, and this has the potential to lead to a misdiagnosis of cardiomyopathy. We present new reference "normal" ranges in TM to alleviate this problem.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007501 Iron A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN. Iron-56,Iron 56
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D009206 Myocardium The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to generate blood flow. Muscle, Cardiac,Muscle, Heart,Cardiac Muscle,Myocardia,Cardiac Muscles,Heart Muscle,Heart Muscles,Muscles, Cardiac,Muscles, Heart
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016009 Chi-Square Distribution A distribution in which a variable is distributed like the sum of the squares of any given independent random variable, each of which has a normal distribution with mean of zero and variance of one. The chi-square test is a statistical test based on comparison of a test statistic to a chi-square distribution. The oldest of these tests are used to detect whether two or more population distributions differ from one another. Chi-Square Test,Chi Square Distribution,Chi Square Test,Chi-Square Distributions,Chi-Square Tests,Distribution, Chi-Square,Distributions, Chi-Square,Test, Chi-Square,Tests, Chi-Square

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