Noncompaction cardiomyopathy and dextroversion of the heart
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Published on: February 11, 2022
M Baskurt1, M Kalyoncuoglu, S Kucukoglu
1Institute of Cardiology, Haseki, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. drmuratbaskurt@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The prevalence of patients with noncompaction is reported to be 0.014% on echocardiographic examination. The estimated incidence of dextroversion (dextrocardia with isolated reversal of the heart with normally positioned visceral organs) is 1:2,800, while the real incidence of dextroversion and left ventricular noncompaction is still not known; to our knowledge only two cases have been reported in the literature. Noncompaction can generally be diagnosed using echocardiography; however, in the case reported here cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was important for the definitive diagnosis of dextroversion and noncompaction, because no adequate echocardiographic images could be obtained.
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