Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy diagnosed by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium has often been misdiagnosed as other cardiomyopathies because it is a relatively recently described cardiomyopathy with literature limited to case reports and case series and little awareness among physicians. We are reporting a case of isolated l...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology 2011-02, Vol.2011 (5), p.23-27
Hauptverfasser: Bhat, Tariq, Lafferty, James, Teli, Sumaya, Rjaili, Georges Abou, Olkovsky, Yefim, Costantino, Thomas
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Zusammenfassung:Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium has often been misdiagnosed as other cardiomyopathies because it is a relatively recently described cardiomyopathy with literature limited to case reports and case series and little awareness among physicians. We are reporting a case of isolated left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy that was misdiagnosed for over two decades.
ISSN:1179-5468
1179-5468
DOI:10.4137/CMC.S6240