Noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium in the presence of calcific aortic stenosis in an adult.
We describe an adult patient with a hitherto unreported association of severe aortic stenosis with extensive noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium without any hypertrophy; however, there was severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the presence of a normal-sized left ventricular cavity on two-dimensional echocardiography. This condition was differentiated from persistence of embryonic intramyocardial sinusoids by selective coronary angiography.
Sengupta
P P
PP
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi. ppsengupta@rediffmail.com
Mohan
J C
JC
Arora
R
R
D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left