Cardiomyopathies
Conditions
Brief summary
The cardiac Fabry disease are early, frequent and severe, dominated by the frequency of left ventricular hypertrophy. They are responsible for a high morbidity and mortality, reducing life expectancy of 15 to 20 years for men. Fabry disease and heart attacks are still diagnosed late. This delay in diagnosis is due to the non-specificity of clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic disease, but also by a certain ignorance of this pathology in the medical community. The importance of early diagnosis of Fabry disease and heart disease is well established: enzyme replacement therapy is most effective when instituted early, before the onset of irreversible damage such as fibrosis. With the blotter, we now have a simple and robust screening tool for Fabry disease, achievable consultation. Targeted educational interventions to physicians have shown their effectiveness in improving the screening and diagnosis of rare diseases. We offer a prospective observational type before / after study, which aims to assess the value of an educational brochure for cardiologists to improve the screening and diagnosis of Fabry disease in Normandy.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Caen
Study design
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patient with left ventricular hypertrophy of unknown etiology or of sarcomeric MHC pace, followed in Normandy, has given its consent to the search of Fabry disease Criteria Exclusion: * Patients under 18 years patient refusal to participate in the study. Lack of consent to the search of Fabry disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of new cases of Fabry disease diagnosed a year after distribution of educational brochure cardiologists | 1 year |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactFabien Labombarda, MD
Outcome results
None listed