Heart disease in Friedreich's ataxia observation of a case for half a century

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-236

  Kawai, Chuichi ^a   Kato, Shotaro ^d   Takashima, Masayuki ^a   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^b   Haebara, Hideyuki ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Friedreich's ataxia; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial fiber disarray; Natural history

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; QT INTERVAL; T WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034053932     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.229     Document Type: Article

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