ea0020p364 | Diabetes and Cardiovascular | ECE2009
Vryonidou-Bompota Andromachi
, Loi Vasiliki
, Vasiliou Georgia
, Terzi Thomais
, Karagianni Olympia
, Tzioras Costas
, Phenekos Costas
Background & aims: Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes as well as cardiac dysfunction are known complications in homozygous beta-thalassemic transfused patients due to iron overload. We aimed to study pancreatic alpha and beta-cell function in regularly transfused patients with homozygous beta-thalassemia and to investigate if cardiac dysfunction may correlate with the development of impaired glucose metabolism.Methods: An oral glucose tolerance ...