title: Cardioverter defibrillator implantation in an adult with isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium.
abstract: Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is an unclassified cardiomyopathy and is thought to be due to arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. Fatal ventricular arrhythmias may occur in approximately half of the patients and account for half of the death in this disorder. In this report, we describe a patient with isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in whom implantation of automatic cardioverter defibrillator was thought to be effective to prevent the risk of sudden cardiac death.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasamaki
authors.forename: Tadateru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunimoto
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging