INDIA
The aim of the UMIMI study (Ultra-fast MRI for Iron Management in India) study is to assess whether CMR using commercially ultrafast sequences can provide reliable information about heart and liver iron content, whether this information changes the clinical management and whether this approach has an impact on the patients’ cardiac status at one-year of follow-up.
Main Investigators of the Project:
Dr VK Ghana
Dr Amita Mahajan
Dr Rajiv K Bansal
Mrs Shobha Tuli
United Kingdom Team
Mrs Judith Walker
Professor James Moon
Dr Amna Abdel-Gadir
Dr Redha Bouberktah
Radiographer Louise Mc-Grath
Radiographer Nabila Mughal
Mrs Tenzin Seldon
Dr Katia Menacho
The UMIMI study is supported by the Thalassemics India Society.
Name of the Project:
UMIMI: Ultra-fast MRI for Iron Management in India
FiSponsor and Funding:
UCH Charitable Trustees via the Greenbaum
McClean legacy (Fund 1425)
Project starts at:
November 2018
Participant Centers
Delhi - Hospital Sir Ganga Ram
Address: Rajinder Nagar
New Delhi 110060
INDIA
Contact: Dr VK Ghana, Dr Amita Mahajan
Jaipur - Bhawani Singh Marg Hospital
Address: Rambagh circle, Jaipur,
Rajasthan 30201560
INDIA
Contact: Dr Rajiv K Bansal
Jaipur - Okay Research Diagnostic Centre
Address: Opp. S.M.S. Hospital, 4, Vivekanand Marg,
C-Scheme, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001.
INDIA
Contact: Dr Rajiv K Bansal
For more information about the project, please contact:
India – Shobha Tuli, Secretary-Thalassemics India
Telephone: (O) 00911141827334,
e-mail: thalcind@yahoo.co.in.
United Kingdom - UCL: Dr Malcolm Walker,
Clinical Director at the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, UCLH
e-mail: malcolm.walker@ucl.ac.uk