Monitoring Cardiac Function During Idebenone Therapy in Friedreich's Ataxia

Di Salvo Giovanni, Pergola Valeria, Fadel Bahaa and Al Fayyadh Majid, Current Pharmaceutical Design 21-4, Page: [479 - 483] DOI: 10.2174/138161282104141204142917

This drug has the potential to preserve and even improve mitochondrial function.Studies on Idebenone treatment showed rather conflicting results on FA cardiomyopathy. The present article reviews the clinical features of FA cardiomyopathy, imaging techniques used to diagnose, follow and monitor therapy which aimed to revert FA cardiomyopathy.


 Monitoring Cardiac Function During Idebenone Therapy in Friedreich's Ataxia