Table 4.
Cardiac and liver MRI T2* alteration in patients with beta thalassemia major receiving Exjade® or Osveral®
Variables | Osveral® Mean ± SD |
Exjade® Mean ± SD |
P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac MRI T2*
(millisecond) |
baseline | 25.9 ± 9.6 | 24.8 ± 9.2 | 0.63 |
After a year | 25.4 ± 9.7 | 26.9 ± 5.9 | 0.43 | |
Liver MRI T2*
(millisecond) |
baseline | 6.3 ± 4.7 | 4.9 ± 3.5 | 0.17 |
After a year | 8.6 ± 6.4 | 6.3 ± 4 | 0.1 |
MRI T2*: Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2*; SD: Standard Deviation