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Probability of having undetectable cardiac iron (T2* >20, black line) as a function of age. The prevalence of cardiac iron loading increases dramatically in the second decade. Since the risk of cardiac dysfunction increases steeply for T2* <10 ms, the probability of having T2* >10 ms is shown for comparison (grey line).
