Iron overload‐related heart failure in a patient with transfusion‐dependent myelodysplastic syndrome reversed by intensive combined chelation therapy

Clinical Case Reports

Valeria Pinto³  Manuela Balocco³  Ilaria Ambaglio¹  Giorgio Derchi²  Luca Malcovati¹ 

[1] Department of Hematology Oncology, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy;Unità di Cardiologia, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy;Ematologia-Centro della Microcitemia e Anemie Congenite, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy

关键词: Deferiprone;    desferal;    heart failure;    iron chelation;    myelodysplastic syndromes;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ccr3.407

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Key Clinical Message

Patients with transfusion-dependent myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have an increased risk of cardiac events, due to both chronic anemia and iron overload. Here, we report the recovery of cardiac function after an intensive iron chelation therapy in a MDS patient who had developed heart failure due to iron overload.

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