title: Noninvasive and invasive evaluation of noncompaction cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a recently described rare congenital cardiomyopathy; patients can be asymptomatic or develop diastolic and/or systolic left ventricular dysfunction with heart failure, systemic emboli or ventricular arrhythmias. Long-term prognosis is poor. Currently, diagnosis is based on findings on 2D echocardiography; in the current case report we demonstrate the use of MRI to diagnose noncompaction cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: jbax@knoware.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: Douwe E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Atsma
authors.forename: Hildo J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: Sidney A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rebergen
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bootsma
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Voogd
authors.forename: Soeresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Somer
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schalij
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Roos
authors.forename: Ernst E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: van der Wall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology