Left ventricular non-compaction: is it really isolated?
Isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC) is a genetically determined cardiac disease mainly involving the left ventricle. Since the first description and recognition of IVNC as a distinct cardiomyopathy, many cases have been described. However, the associated right-sided cardiac anomalies are unusual. Two cases of IVNC showing associated right-sided pathology on transthoracic echocardiography are presented.
Muzzarelli
Stefano
S
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. smuzzarelli@uhbs.ch
Buser
Peter
P
Bernheim
Alain
A
Linka
Andre
A
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology