Abstract
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a recently described rare congenital cardiomyopathy; patients can be asymptomatic or develop diastolic and/or systolic left ventricular dysfunction with heart failure, systemic emboli or ventricular arrhythmias. Long-term prognosis is poor. Currently, diagnosis is based on findings on 2D echocardiography; in the current case report we demonstrate the use of MRI to diagnose noncompaction cardiomyopathy.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Evaluation Study
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
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Diastole / physiology
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Echocardiography
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Electrocardiography
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Heart Diseases / congenital
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
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Humans
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Stroke Volume / physiology
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Systole / physiology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology