[Fabry disease: about an uncommon case]

Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Dec 5:28:291. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.291.13388. eCollection 2017.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We here report the case of a 60-year old patient with congestive heart failure due to Fabry disease-related cardiopathy. This study has offered the opportunity to perform a literature review on cardiopathy related to this disease as well as to highlight the features of cardiac manifestation in Fabry disease.

Nous rapportons ici le cas d’un patient âgé de 60 ans présentant une insuffisance cardiaque globale dans le cadre d’une atteinte cardiaque de la maladie de Fabry (MF). Ce cas clinique offre l’opportunité de parcourir la littérature sur l’atteinte cardiaque liée à cette affection ainsi que la particularité de la variante cardiaque.

Keywords: Left ventricular hypertrophy; heart failure echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fabry Disease / complications*
  • Fabry Disease / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged