title: [Heart failure and cardiomyopathies: a case report].
abstract: Isolated noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium is a rare congenital heart disease, characterized by an excessive prominence of trabecular meshwork, spaced out by deep intertrabecular recesses, consequent to the arrest of the normal myocardial embryogenesis. Although there are numerous descriptions, the pathophysiological effects of the structural alterations, like the clinical spectrum and the evolution of the disease, are not fully clarified. In this paper we evaluated the natural history of the disease, the family incidence and the alterations of the systolic and diastolic function. An interesting case report is described concerning a patient affected by noncompaction and atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Palermo. Giovanni.fazio-aaaa@poste.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Loredana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sutera
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vernuccio
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vernuccio
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pizzuto
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Gesaro
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cascio
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome