Tag Mark Helfaer

Friedreich Ataxia

Risk Prevalence: 2:100,000; 80–90% have cardiac involvement. Worry About Cardiac involvement, which does not correlate with neurologic involvement. Electrophysiologic disturbances. Cardiac dysfunction and failure. Overview Progressive degeneration of posterior columns and corticospinal and posterior spinocerebellar tracts. Muscle weakness. General anesthesia…