title: Spongy myocardium.
abstract: Spongy myocardium is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a 35-year-old patient in whom diagnosis of spongy myocardium had been made by angiocardiography 20 years before. The disorder eventually resulted in progressive right and left heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reynen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010092:Oximetry; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left