Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Long term follow up of cardiomyopathy in Friedreich Ataxia

Long term follow up of cardiomyopathy in Friedreich Ataxia. (25es Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie – 14-17 janvier 2015, Paris) Lise Legrand, Françoise Pousset, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, Marie Lorraine Monin, Alina Tataru, Michel Komajda, Alexandra Durr, Richard Isnard; Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2015, Page 27, ISSN 1878-6480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1878-6480(15)71565-X.

GAA repeats are the best predictors of survival and cardiac events in FRDA patients, but EF and LV mass are also predictors of long term evolution