Clinical spectrum of isolated left ventricular noncompaction: thromboembolic events, malignant left ventricular arrhythmias, and refractory heart failure

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 29;63(16):e39. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.063. Epub 2014 Mar 5.

Authors

Daniele Muser¹, Gaetano Nucifora², Enrico Gianfagna³, Daisy Pavoni², Luca Rebellato², Domenico Facchin², Elisabetta Daleffe², Alessandro Proclemer²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy; Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Udine, Italy.
³ School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 24576431
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.063

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Humans
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / complications*
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / diagnostic imaging
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / physiopathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Thrombosis / diagnosis
Thrombosis / etiology*
Ventricular Function, Left