Calcium channel blockers for preventing cardiomyopathy due to iron overload in people with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia

Alina Sadaf, Muhammad I. Nisar, Babar Hasan, Jai K. Das, Steven Colan

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Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of calcium channel blockers combined with standard chelation therapy in people with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia on the amount of iron deposited in the myocardium, on parameters of heart function and on the incidence of severe heart failure or arrhythmias and related morbidity and mortality.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberCD011626
JournalCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Volume2015
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2015

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