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Journal Article
Review
Tissue Doppler imaging in Fabry disease.
Current Opinion in Cardiology 2004 September
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The development of effective enzyme replacement/enhancement therapy makes of clinical relevance considering Fabry disease in the differential diagnosis of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In particular the opportunity to significantly modify the clinical progression of the disease has reinforced the need for early diagnosis of Fabry cardiomyopathy.
RECENT FINDINGS: The study with tissue Doppler of Fabry patients with endomyocardial biopsy-proven cardiac involvement showed a reduction of both diastolic and systolic myocardial velocities recorded at septal and lateral corners of mitral annulus. Tissue Doppler abnormalities were present not only in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy but also in younger patients with normal cardiac wall thickness and represent the first sign of myocardial damage. Furthermore tissue Doppler studies have been shown useful in detecting cardiac involvement in female carriers with no systemic manifestations of Fabry disease. In patients already submitted to enzyme-replacement therapy tissue Doppler and strain rate imaging represent useful noninvasive tools in assessing treatment efficacy.
SUMMARY: Tissue Doppler imaging can provide early detection of cardiac involvement in Fabry disease and represents the most accurate and sensitive noninvasive tool for the diagnosis of myocardial dysfunction and for the assessment of cardiac improvement during enzyme replacement therapy. The detection of tissue Doppler abnormalities in female carriers may represent a hint for an invasive assessment of cardiac involvement.
RECENT FINDINGS: The study with tissue Doppler of Fabry patients with endomyocardial biopsy-proven cardiac involvement showed a reduction of both diastolic and systolic myocardial velocities recorded at septal and lateral corners of mitral annulus. Tissue Doppler abnormalities were present not only in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy but also in younger patients with normal cardiac wall thickness and represent the first sign of myocardial damage. Furthermore tissue Doppler studies have been shown useful in detecting cardiac involvement in female carriers with no systemic manifestations of Fabry disease. In patients already submitted to enzyme-replacement therapy tissue Doppler and strain rate imaging represent useful noninvasive tools in assessing treatment efficacy.
SUMMARY: Tissue Doppler imaging can provide early detection of cardiac involvement in Fabry disease and represents the most accurate and sensitive noninvasive tool for the diagnosis of myocardial dysfunction and for the assessment of cardiac improvement during enzyme replacement therapy. The detection of tissue Doppler abnormalities in female carriers may represent a hint for an invasive assessment of cardiac involvement.
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