Noncompaction cardiomyopathy and dextroversion of the heart.
The prevalence of patients with noncompaction is reported to be 0.014% on echocardiographic examination. The estimated incidence of dextroversion (dextrocardia with isolated reversal of the heart with normally positioned visceral organs) is 1:2,800, while the real incidence of dextroversion and left ventricular noncompaction is still not known; to our knowledge only two cases have been reported in the literature. Noncompaction can generally be diagnosed using echocardiography; however, in the case reported here cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was important for the definitive diagnosis of dextroversion and noncompaction, because no adequate echocardiographic images could be obtained.
Baskurt
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Institute of Cardiology, Haseki, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. drmuratbaskurt@yahoo.com
Kalyoncuoglu
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Kucukoglu
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging