Aim: to assess for a correlation between T2 *CMR with LV function and mass in thalassemic patients with iron overload. Methods: a cross-sectional study on thalassemic patients was conducted between July and September 2010 at Cipto Mangunkusumo and Premier Hospitals, Jakarta, Indonesia. Clinical examinations, review of medical charts, electrocardiography, echocardiography, and T2 *CMR were perfo…
ABSTRACT Thallassemia is a hemathology disorder and chronic disease. The numbers of thalassemia in Indonesia has been increased every year about 2500 patients. The objective of this research is to describe factors related to quality of life of school age children with thalassemia. It used Cross Sectional study design, which aimed to get description of relationship between independent and depen…
Background: Over the last 10 years, we have investigated thalassemia patients in Jakarta to obtain a comprehensive picture of iron overload, oxidative stress, and cell damage. Methods: In blood samples from 15 transfusion-dependent patients (group T), 5 non-transfused patients (group N) and 10 controls (group C), plasma lipids and lipoproteins, lipid-soluble vitamin E, malondialdehyde (MDA) …
Background: One of the symptoms that often arises on thalassemia patients is disharmony dentofacial,class II skeletal malocclusion, as a result of the malrelation of maxilla and mandible. This malrelation can be affected by either maxillary bone position, dentoalveolar maxillary position, mandibular bone position, dentoalveolar mandibular position, or combinations of those components. Purpose:…
The increasing in the life span of patients with major thalassemia should be followed by increased quality of life. There are factors which can affect growth retardation in these patients. The aim of this study was to find out the risk factors for growth retardation in patients with major thalassemia. An analytical study with cross-sectional design was conducted at Pediatric Thalassemia Clinics…