title: Atrial parasystole in left ventricular noncompaction: a morphofunctional study by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction is a recently recognized age-independent cardiac genetic disorder caused by heterogeneous defects in endo-myocardial morphogenesis. Transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance are the most reliable techniques to make a diagnosis of the disease, noninvasively. Arrhythmic atrial and ventricular disorders have been reported in 20-50% of these patients. The morphological and functional findings are described in a young woman in whom the exclusive clinical sign of isolated ventricular noncompaction was an atrial parasystole.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy. cesaredegregorio@alice.it
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Gregorio
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Bella
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Curtò
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cannavò
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coglitore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017574:Parasystole / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology