title: Noncompaction of ventricular myocardium involving both ventricles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to present a case with ventricular myocardial noncompaction involving both ventricles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Noncompaction of ventricle is a rare and unclassified congenital cardiac malformation is due to an arrest in intrauterine endomyocardial morphogenesis. We presented a ventricular myocardial noncompaction case involving both left and right ventricles. The physical examination of this case is consistent with mitral regurgitation and the echocardiographic findings are consistent with noncompaction of ventricular myocardium involving both ventricles with left ventricular systolic failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transthoracic echocardiography is a useful clinical tool for diagnosing noncompaction of both the right and left ventricular myocardium. The LVNC definition can also be utilized for RVNC, which this diagnosis has never been reported in a Turkish patient.
authors.affiliation: GATA Haydarpaşa Military Treaning Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rifat Eralp
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ulusoy
authors.forename: Nezihi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kucukarslan
authors.forename: Ata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirilmaz
authors.forename: Ergun
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demiralp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy