Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium: infrequent because of missed diagnosis?
Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is frequently mistaken for other cardiomyopathies. We report a case of a 49-year-old woman admitted to hospital for heart failure and initially given the diagnosis of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this case, myocardial contrast echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging played a pivotal role in establishing the diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium.
Perez-David
Esther
E
Cardiology Department, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. eperezdavid@gmail.com <eperezdavid@gmail.com>
Garcia-Fernandez
Miguel Angel
MA
Gómez-Anta
Ignacio
I
de Diego
Jose Juan Gomez
JJ
García-Robles
Jose Antonio
JA
Lafuente
Javier
J
D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology