title: Acquired noncompaction associated with myopathy.
abstract: In a 40-year-old woman, hospitalised in May 2001 because of heart failure NYHA IV due to dilated cardiomyopathy, echocardiography had shown a normally sized but poorly contracting left ventricle with normal wall thickness. In October 2005, echocardiography in the same patient revealed a dilated left ventricle with extensive trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses in the lateral and posterior wall. The ratio of the noncompacted/compacted myocardium was 2. At clinical neurologic examination myopathy was suspected. Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction may be associated with neuromuscular disorders and is not a congenital abnormality in each case.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stöllberger
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finsterer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans