title: [Two case studies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Friedreich's ataxia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Friedreich's ataxia is the most common hereditary ataxia and its clinical spectrum includes cardiac disease, mainly hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present two cases with molecular diagnosis of Friedreich's ataxia and cardiac disease shown on electrocardiogram and echocardiogram.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neurological symptoms which lead to the diagnosis are described together with cardiac comorbidities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cases here described highlight the importance of early screening and identification of systemic complications, specifically cardiac disease, in patients with this neurological disease.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Manuel Velasco Suárez, México DF, México. acervantes@innn.edu.mx
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cervantes-Arriaga
authors.forename: Mayela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Violante
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villar-Velarde
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vargas-Cañas
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult