Fabry Disease

Researchers from University of Porto report on findings in fabry disease

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, December 24th, 2007

"Background A 64-year-old male was observed as an outpatient with atypical, non-exercise-induced chest pain and palpitations. He had arterial hypertension and marked concentric left ventricular hypertrophy," investigators in Oporto, Portugal report.

"After 2.5 years of antihypertensive drug therapy the patient's blood pressure had returned to normal, but his left ventricular hypertrophy was unchanged. Investigations Electrocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography, myocardial perfusion scintigraphic imaging, measurement of a-galactosidase A activity, gene sequencing, brain MRI, carotid artery ultrasonography, biochemical renal evaluation and cardiac Doppler tissue...

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Source: Pain and Central Nervous System Week (2007-12-24)

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