title: A case with noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium detected by 64-slice multidetector computed tomography.
abstract: Noncompaction is a rare, primary genetic cardiomyopathy affecting the left ventricle. The diagnosis is usually established by echocardiography, and less frequently by left ventriculography. Cardiac magnetic resonance and electrocardiography-gated multidetector computed tomography are evolving noninvasive modalities to image cardiac structures, and their utility to detect noncompacted myocardium was reported in a few cases. We report the case of a young patient with premature coronary artery disease and apical noncompaction detected by multidetector computed tomography, and show images of the ventricular pathology on 4 different imaging modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. itohiroki@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Khaled A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dajani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*