Non-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial bridging: A frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy.
Isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC) is an unclassified cardiomyopathy which occurs due to a morphogenetic abnormality involving an arrest of compaction of the loose myocardial meshwork during fetal ontogenesis. Despite recent advances in knowledge, diagnosis remains problematic because of its similarity to other diseases of the myocardium and endocardium. In this report, we describe a case of IVNC and myocardial bridging. The patient had been misdiagnosed with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2 years earlier. The correct diagnosis was established by transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography.
Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. sevgidursun06@yahoo.com
Dursun
D
Aras
Omac
O
Tufekcioglu
Serkan
S
Topaloglu
Ozcan
O
Ozeke
Kumral
K
Ergun
Ali
A
Yildiz
Bulent
B
Deveci
Sule
S
Korkmaz
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged