Relation between NT‐proBNP Levels, Iron Overload, and Early Stage of Myocardial Dysfunction in β‐Thalassemia Major Patients

Abstract

NT-proBNP secretion begins in the early phase of the disease before the increase in diastolic pressure becomes overt. While there was a strong correlation between the plasma NT-proBNP levels and iron overload, there was no correlation between NT-proBNP levels and diastolic dysfunction parameters in patients in the third decade of life.