Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessively inherited neurodegenerative disease that most often presents in childhood or in young adults. A substantial proportion of the patients with FA also develops a cardiomyopathy that mainly presents as left ventricular hypertrophy (FA-CM). The mean life expectancy is significantly reduced to approximately 40 years, and approximately 60% of patients with FA die from cardiac causes

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