Cardiological signs and symptoms in Friedreich's ataxia.
The cardiovascular signs and symptoms were recorded in 36 patients with typical Friedreich's Ataxia (Group Ia, Ib). Seventeen patients were asymptomatic and this did not correlate with the severity of the disease. No pathognomonic clinical constellation was found to reveal the underlying cardiomyopathy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male