Rare Presentation of β-Thalassemia Intermedia With a Phenotype of Dilated CardiomyopathyNovel Teaching Points

• Yuichiro Nakaya, MD,
• Akinori Higaki, MD, PhD,
• Toshiki Ochi, MD, PhD,
• Tomoaki Nishikawa, MD,
• Tomoki Fujisawa, MD,
• Shigehiro Miyazaki, MD,
• Yusuke Akazawa, MD,
• Toru Miyoshi, MD,
• Hiroshi Kawakami, MD, PhD,
• Fumiyasu Seike, MD, PhD,
• Haruhiko Higashi, MD, PhD,
• Takayuki Nagai, MD, PhD,
• Kazuhisa Nishimura, MD, PhD,
• Katsuji Inoue, MD, PhD,
• Shuntaro Ikeda, MD, PhD,
• Katsuto Takenaka, MD, PhD,
• Kinta Hatakeyama, MD, PhD,
• Osamu Yamaguchi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Yuichiro Nakaya, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Akinori Higaki, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan; Department of Intractable Disease and Aging Science, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan; Corresponding author: Dr Akinori Higaki, Department of Intractable Disease and Aging Science, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime 791-0204, Japan. Tel.: +81-89-960-5303

Toshiki Ochi, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Tomoaki Nishikawa, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Tomoki Fujisawa, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Shigehiro Miyazaki, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Yusuke Akazawa, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Toru Miyoshi, MD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Hiroshi Kawakami, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Fumiyasu Seike, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Haruhiko Higashi, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Takayuki Nagai, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Kazuhisa Nishimura, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Katsuji Inoue, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Shuntaro Ikeda, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Katsuto Takenaka, MD, PhD

Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan

Kinta Hatakeyama, MD, PhD

Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Osamu Yamaguchi, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan