Cardiac resynchronization and cardioverter defibrillation therapy in a patient with isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium.
Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (INVM) is an unclassified cardiomyopathy and is thought to be due to arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. Left ventricular failure and ventricular arrhythmias may occur in approximately half of the patients and account for half of the death in this disorder. In this report, we describe a patient with INVM in whom cardiac resynchronization and cardioverter defibrillation therapy was effective for the improvement of left ventricular function and for the prevention of ventricular arrhythmias.
Okubo
Katsuaki
K
Department of Cardiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Sato
Yuichi
Y
Matsumoto
Naoya
N
Kunimasa
Taeko
T
Kasama
Shu
S
Sano
Yuki
Y
Miki
Takaaki
T
Iida
Kiyoshi
K
Saito
Fumio
F
Saito
Satoshi
S
Hirayama
Atsushi
A
D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*