title: Aortic valve replacement in noncompaction cardiomyopathy at two-year follow-up.
abstract: We report a male patient suffering left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy in combination with low-gradient aortic stenosis. Preoperative echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the diagnosis. After aortic valve replacement, the clinical course was uneventful. Two years of follow-up confirmed that the general prognosis was primarily affected by impaired ventricular function, thrombembolism, and arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. manuel.wilbring@gmail.com
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilbring
authors.forename: Utz
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kappert
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schön
authors.forename: Sems M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tugtekin
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alexiou
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matschke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology