Thalassemia and the Heartquake
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Department of Medical Sciences Pediatrics, University of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro 8, 44124 Ferrara, Italy
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Department of Emergency Medicine-Cardiology, University of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro 8, 44124 Ferrara, Italy
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Thalass. Rep. 2014, 4(2), 1941; https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2014.1941
Submission received: 25 September 2013
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Revised: 25 December 2013
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Accepted: 11 February 2014
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Published: 29 September 2014
Abstract
On May 2012 the city of Ferrara and the surrounding region were hit by several earthquakes. We had the chance to observe the behavior of one thalassemic heart during the shocks, because of a 24-h electrocardiogram recording had been put in place a few hours before the shocks.
Keywords:
thalassemia; arrhythmias; iron overload; earthquake
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Borgna-Pignatti, C.; Tarocco, A.; Baldan, A.; Fucili, A. Thalassemia and the Heartquake. Thalass. Rep. 2014, 4, 1941. https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2014.1941
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Borgna-Pignatti C, Tarocco A, Baldan A, Fucili A. Thalassemia and the Heartquake. Thalassemia Reports. 2014; 4(2):1941. https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2014.1941
Chicago/Turabian StyleBorgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Anna Tarocco, Alessandro Baldan, and Alessandro Fucili. 2014. "Thalassemia and the Heartquake" Thalassemia Reports 4, no. 2: 1941. https://doi.org/10.4081/thal.2014.1941
