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From: Alterations in iron status predict cardiac response to blood transfusion in \(\beta\)-thalassemia major

Fig. 2

Correlation scatter plots between transfusion-related echocardiographic parameters and clinical/biochemical variables. Several early post-transfusional changes could be consistently predicted by variables related to iron homeostasis (LPI, NTBI), transfusion status (average pre-transfusion Hb, total weight of transfused PRBC units), or others. Overall, alterations in the status of circulating iron species correlated with a decrease in end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes after transfusion; transfusion status may have an effect on both basal and post-transfusion diastolic function. Other significant correlations are reported in Table ??.

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