Longitudinal Strain in Friedreich Ataxia: A Potential Marker for Early Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Longitudinal Strain in Friedreich Ataxia: A Potential Marker for Early Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Martin St John Sutton, Bonnie Ky, Sean R. Regner, Kim Schadt, Ted Plappert, Jiwei He, Benjamin D'Souza and David R. Lynch; Echocardiography 2013;0:1–8, Article first published online: 9 JUL 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/echo.12287

Keywords: Friedreich ataxia, myocardial strain, speckle tracking echocardiography, left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure