Isolated noncompaction of the myocardium: multiplane transesophageal echocardiography diagnosis in an adult

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2000 Nov;13(11):1047-9. doi: 10.1067/mje.2000.106823.

Abstract

We describe a case of isolated noncompaction of the myocardium in a 66-year-old patient. Peculiar anatomic features of this disease were clearly suspected on transthoracic echocardiography and precisely recognized through transesophageal echocardiography. The role of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of this rare disease is described in this report.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Humans
  • Male