Does myocardial iron load determine the severity of heart insufficiency?

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 1:182:191-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.006. Epub 2015 Jan 3.

¹ Institute of Cardiology, ul. Alpejska 42, 04 - 628 Warszawa, Poland. Electronic address: przemyslaw.leszek@ikard.pl.
² Center of Radiobiology and Biological Dosimetry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, ul. Dorodna 16, 03-195 Warszawa, Poland.
³ Laboratory of Nuclear Analytical Technics, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, ul. Dorodna 16, 03-195 Warszawa, Poland.
⁴ Department of Hematology, Oncology and Internal Diseases, The Medical University of Warsaw, 1A Banacha Str., 02-097, Warsaw, Poland.
⁵ Institute of Cardiology, ul. Alpejska 42, 04 - 628 Warszawa, Poland.
⁶ Center of Radiobiology and Biological Dosimetry, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, ul. Dorodna 16, 03-195 Warszawa, Poland; Independent Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Agricultural Medicine, ul. Jaczewskiego 2, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.

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Keywords: heart failure; myocardial ferritin; myocardial iron load; myocardial transferrin receptor.

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