1            Oudit GY, Sun H, Trivieri MG et al (2003) L-type Ca2+ channels provide a major pathway for iron entry into cardiomyocytes in iron-overload cardiomyopathy. Nat Med 9:1187-1194

2            Wood JC, Claster S, Carson S et al (2008) Vitamin D deficiency, cardiac iron and cardiac function in thalassaemia major. Br J Haematol 141:891-894

3            Shaykhbaygloo R, Moradabadi A, Taherahmadi H, Rafiei M, Lotfi F, Eghbali A (2020) Correlation of Cardiac and Liver Iron Level with T2*MRI and Vitamin D3 Serum Level in Patients with Thalassemia Major. J Blood Med 11:83-87

4            Meloni A, Restaino G, Borsellino Z et al (2014) Different patterns of myocardial iron distribution by whole-heart T2* magnetic resonance as risk markers for heart complications in thalassemia major. International Journal of Cardiology 177:1012-1019

5            Meloni A, Righi R, Missere M et al (2021) Biventricular Reference Values by Body Surface Area, Age, and Gender in a Large Cohort of Well-Treated Thalassemia Major Patients Without Heart Damage Using a Multiparametric CMR Approach. J Magn Reson Imaging 53:61-70