Left ventricular noncompaction

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2011 Jun;12(6):430-3. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283410295.

Abstract

Left ventricular noncompaction is a rare cardiomyopathy characterized by prominent ventricular hypertrabeculation. Here, we discuss the case of a 30-year-old man who presented with rapidly conducted atrial fibrillation. The images we present demonstrate appearances characteristic of this cardiomyopathy, with prominent trabeculations and an end-diastolic noncompacted to compacted myocardial thickness ratio of more than 2 noted on echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / diagnosis*
  • Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / drug therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin