Population
Patients with iron overload cardiomyopathy (IOC)
Design
Review
Key result
Early recognition of iron overload cardiomyopathy using MRI and the development of clinical guidelines are needed to improve the management of this emerging complex disease.
Authors
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Positions MRI as the preferred modality for early cardiac iron detection; leaves open the clinical efficacy of emerging.
This review highlights the emerging role of MRI for early detection of cardiac iron deposition and emphasizes the need for clinical guidelines to manage iron overload cardiomyopathy.
Gujja et al. (2010) conducted a review in Iron overload cardiomyopathy. Early recognition of iron overload cardiomyopathy using MRI and the development of clinical guidelines are needed to improve the management of this emerging complex disease.