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The cardiomyopathy in friedreich's ataxia: isotopic ventriculography and myocardial imaging with thallium-201

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

L. Therriault ,
G. Lamoureux ,
M. Côté ,
G. Plourde  and
B. Lemieux
L. Therriault
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
G. Lamoureux
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
M. Côté
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
G. Plourde
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
B. Lemieux
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
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Abstract

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Myocardial scanning after the intravenous administration of Thallium 201 was used to evaluate regional myocardial perfusion in 14 patients with Friedreich's ataxia. Isotopic ventriculography was also used to assess left ventricular contractility. Myocardial images in patients with Friedreich's ataxia were found to be precociously abnormal irrespective of the degree of neurological impairment or of the severity of myocardial hypertrophy.

Type
B—Clinical Physiology and Pathology
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue S4 , November 1984 , pp. 588 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1984

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