Cardiac T2* and LIC time course. Patients responsive (A) and nonresponsive (B) to therapy. Same format as Figure 1. The 5 patients who did not complete the trial (◇ represents T2*; and □, LIC) were classified as nonresponders. Baseline T2* and LIC levels for these patients were 6.5 ± 2.4 ms and 22.3 ± 8.3 mg Fe/g dw. Error bars were suppressed for graph clarity.