Myocardial iron content by T2 Star cardiac magnetic resonance and serum markers of iron metabolism in patients with heart failure.

Aims null Iron deficiency (ID) is present in half of patients with heart failure. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a valuable tool for evaluating patients with heart failure. The T2 Star (T2*) sequence technique was developed within CMR to evaluate iron overload, but its role for assessing myocardial iron content remains poorly understood. The present study aimed to assess correlations between T2* and blood tests for iron metabolism in...