Monday, March 19, 2018

Genetic Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies

Mary E. Sweet, Luisa Mestroni, Matthew R.G. Taylor, Heart Failure Clinics, Volume 14, Issue 2, April 2018, Pages 215-224, ISSN 1551-7136, doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2017.12.003.

Friedreich ataxia: Cardiomyopathy is the presenting finding in only 5% of patients, cardiac dysfunction from congestive heart failure or arrhythmia accounts for an estimated 59% of death. Cardiac dysfunction includes left ventricular hypertrophy, systolic dysfunction, and diastolic dysfunction.