Performance and Correlations of Myocardial Contraction Fraction Derived From MRI in Transfusion‐Dependent Thalassemia Patients

Myocardial contraction fraction (MCF) is a promising volumetric index of myocardial function.

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  2025

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  Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Publication date

  2025-08-20

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/jmri.70086PMID 40832696
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