title: Noncompacted ventricular myocardium: characterization by intracardiac echo.
abstract: We report a patient with clinical manifestation of arrhythmias and evidence of noncompacted myocardium in both left and right ventricular apex. The diagnosis was made with intracardiac echo performed during the electrophysiologic study. This method has allowed the diagnosis of noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium due to its high resolution. Color Doppler showed trabecular recesses in communication with the ventricular cavity that could not be identified with transthoracic echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy. sabinaficili@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ficili
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pandozi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galeazzi
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kol
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lavalle
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dottori
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santini
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy