[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Freidreich ataxia: about two cases].
Freidreich ataxia is the most frequent ataxia of early onset and of autosomal recessive transmission. It is associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 34 to 77% of cases. The purpose of this article is to describe the cardiac manifestations of two patients affected by this disease. The first case report is about a 34-years-old, bedridden male patient having muscular hypotony and osteotendinous areflexia of the lower limbs. Chest x-ray findings showed a cardiac silhouette distorted by scoliokyphosis. ECG revealed frequent auricular extrasystoles. Cardiac US examination disclosed a pattern of concentric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with systolic and diastolic dysfonction.
Kraiem
Sondos
S
Service Cardiologie Hôpital Habib Thameur, Tunis.
Abbassi
Chedli
C
Kammoun
Sofiane
S
Tellili
Somaya
S
Hmem
Mohamed
M
Smaali
Ibtissem
I
Khaldi
Mohamed Habib
MH
Boudiche
Slim
S
Mejri
Mourad
M
Mokline
Amel
A
Kaies
Battikh
B
Longo
Selma
S
Slimane
Mohamed Lotfi
ML
D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male