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Numerous neurological disorders are associated with myocardial disease or involve the cardiovascular system. Echocardiography thus proves quite helpful in the evaluation and management of patients with problems such as hydrocephalus, tuberous sclerosis, Friedreich ataxia, mitochondrial encephalo-myopathies, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, convulsive disorders, syncope, central nervous system infections, etc.
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Lintermans, J.P. Echocardiography in neurological disorders. Eur J Pediatr 146, 15–20 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00647275
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