[Anatomo-clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of cardiopathy in Friedreich's ataxia: description of a clinical case].

: A case of Friedreich's Ataxia in a 16-year-old patient is reported. Clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings of this patient are described, along with the differential characteristics between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the course of Friedreich's Ataxia and the classic form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Bidimensional echocardiography is able to identify cardiac alterations and to differentiate patients affected by Friedreich's ataxia from patients with other ataxic disorders where cardiac involvement is not present.