Aortic valve replacement in noncompaction cardiomyopathy at two-year follow-up.
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.
Wilbring
Manuel
M
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. manuel.wilbring@gmail.com
Kappert
Utz
U
Schön
Steffen
S
Tugtekin
Sems M
SM
Geiger
Kathrin
K
Alexiou
Konstantin
K
Matschke
Klaus
K
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