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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure and Function using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
Large recesses associated with left ventricular noncompaction: an unusual presentation of the disease
Abstract:
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.
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