title: Refractory heart failure in a patient with non-compacted myocardium.
abstract: The non-compacted myocardium is characterized by excessive trabeculation and ventricular recesses (usually of the left ventricle) due to the interruption of the myocardial fiber compaction during embryogenesis. This abnormality usually courses with heart failure, thromboembolic phenomena and cardiac arrhythmia, predicting a bad prognosis. We report the case of a 26-year-old male individual with refractory heart failure due to isolated left ventricular non-compacted myocardium that needed a heart transplant.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Quinta D'Or, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. hvillacorta@quintador.com.br
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villacorta
authors.forename: Jacqueline Miranda
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Fernanda Beatriz Amador Dos
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Valdo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carrera
authors.forename: Carlos Cleverson
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Evandro Tinoco
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Mesquita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male