title: Isolated left ventricular non-compaction: cardiomyopathy with homogeneous transmural and heterogeneous segmental perfusion.
abstract: This is the first description of a case of isolated non-compaction of the left ventricular myocardium, involving a 52 year old woman presenting with progressive heart failure, with analysis of myocardial perfusion by contrast echocardiography in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, Pneumology, and Angiology, Medical Department, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. adrian.borges@charite.de
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kivelitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged