title: [Myocardiopathies of Friedreich's disease].
abstract: Cardiac involvement in Friedreich's disease is classically a hypertrophic myocardiopathy, concentric or assymmetrical with or without dilatation. It has nothing specific in comparison to other myocardiopathies. Nevertheless, forms with a dilated myocardiopathy are also possible, but much more unfrequent. A propos of three cases, we have studied the different aspects of myocardiopathies in Friedreich's ataxia. The problem raised by the case of an hypertrophic myocardiopathy evolving toward a dilated form, unusual element of this pathology, is presented. The therapeutic potential of hypertrophic myocardiopathies is classically represented either by beta-blockers or by the more recent slow calcium inhibitors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Les myocardiopathies de la maladie de Friedreich.