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ArticleAnnals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2021

Electrocardiogram in Friedreich's ataxia: A short-term surrogate endpoint for treatment efficacy.

Sandra Mastroianno, Michele Germano, Angela Maggio, Raimondo Massaro, Domenico Rosario Potenza, Aldo Russo, Massimo Carella, Giuseppe Di Stolfo

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Article in Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandra MastroiannoCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6898-4657
Michele GermanoChild Neuropsychiatry Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Angela MaggioPaediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Raimondo MassaroCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Domenico Rosario PotenzaCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Aldo RussoCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Massimo CarellaMedical Genetic Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6830-6829
Giuseppe Di StolfoCardiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1758-7138
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza · IT

Funding

Ministero della Salute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Friedreich's ataxia is a rare degenerative neuromuscular disorder, caused by a homozygous GAA triplet repeat expansion in the frataxin (FXN) gene, with a broad clinical phenotype characterized by progressive gait and limb ataxia, dysarthria, and loss of lower limb reflexes; cardiac involvement is represented by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac deaths. Currently, no definite therapy is available, while many drugs are under investigation; for this reasons, we need markers of short- and long-term treatment efficacy acting on different tissue for trial evaluation. We describe the case of a 21-year-old patient affected by Friedreich's ataxia on wheel-chair, with initial cardiac involvement and electrocardiographic features characterized by thiamine treatment-related negative T wave and QTc variations. We discuss plausible physiopathology and potential ECG role implications as an intermediate marker of treatment response in future clinical trials considering patients affected by Friedreich's ataxia.

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Friedreich AtaxiaBiomarkersElectrocardiographyHumansTreatment OutcomeTrinucleotide Repeat ExpansionYoung AdultBiomarkerselectrocardiogramFriedreich's ataxiatreatment

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PMID33151022
PMCPMC8293611
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