Large recesses associated with left ventricular noncompaction: An unusual presentation of the disease
- 作者：Charalambos Vlachopoulos ; Constantina Aggeli ; Andreas Synetos ; Thomas Vrachliotis ; Christodoulos Stefanadis
- 关键词：Noncompaction ; Cardiac ultrasound ; Cardiomyopathy
- 刊名：International Journal of Cardiology
- 出版年：2007
- 期刊代码：128_01675273
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：1 October 2007
- 卷：121
- 期：2
- 页码：205-206
- 文件大小：222 K
摘要
Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) represents an arrest of myocardial morphogenesis, resulting in persistence of multiple prominent ventricular trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses. We report a case of a 30-year-old patient who was referred to our hospital due to familial history of cardiomyopathy. The patient underwent transthoracic echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and contrast ventriculography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. All imaging techniques showed the characteristic pattern of noncompaction together with two unusually large recesses in the inferior wall of myocardium. This unusual form of LVNC may have an impact on the clinical course of the disease and may require anticoagulation therapy.