title: Non-compaction cardiomyopathy-echocardiographic diagnosis.
abstract: Non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a recently recognized disorder caused by a defect in endomyocardial morphogenesis. The disease can present with heart failure, systemic embolic events, and ventricular arrhythmias. Long-term prognosis is poor. Echocardiography is used to confirm the diagnosis; in the current case-report, we describe the typical abnormalities observed on echocardiography in a patient with non-compaction cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. jbax@knoware.nl
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poldermans
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schalij
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Roos
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: van der Wall
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology