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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Based on the history, the doctor might consider specific tests to monitor organ dysfunction, such as an echocardiogram for heart failure.
Echocardiogram
Based on the history, the doctor might consider specific tests to monitor organ dysfunction, such as an echocardiogram for heart failure.[1]
It is used to dignose the involment of heart and stage the progress of cardiac function.
- Iron overload cardiomyopathy:
- Hereditary (primary) hemochromatosis, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by gene mutations involving iron metabolism, leading to increase iron uptake in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Transfusional hemochromatosis secondary to chronic blood transfusions in patients with ineffective erythropoiesis (increased catabolism) as found in thalassemia or sickle cell anemia.
Ultrasound
References
- ↑ Olson LJ, Baldus WP, Tajik AJ (1987). "Echocardiographic features of idiopathic hemochromatosis". Am J Cardiol. 60 (10): 885–9. PMID 2959141.