Friday, February 12, 2016

Usefulness of plasma high sensitive troponin t and Nt-proBNP in the diagnosis of cardiopathy in Friedreich ataxia,

Lise Legrand, Carole Maupain, Marie Lorraine Monin, Alina Tataru, Alexandra Durr, Françoise Pousset, Richard Isnard; Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2016, Page 25, ISSN 1878-6480, doi: 10.1016/S1878-6480(16)30075-1.

Plasma High sensitive troponin is a diagnostic marker of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Friedreich ataxia’s patients, whereas plasma Nt-proBNP is associated with cardiac events and could be a prognostic marker in these patients.