Non-compaction cardiomyopathy-echocardiographic diagnosis.
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.
Bax
J J
JJ
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. jbax@knoware.nl
Lamb
H J
HJ
Poldermans
D
D
Schalij
M J
MJ
de Roos
A
A
van der Wall
E E
EE
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