title: Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy associated with noncompaction.
abstract: A 46-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of progressive exertional dyspnea and occasional premature ventricular contraction. An enhanced computed tomographic scan revealed partial defect of the left ventricular myocardium and prominent trabecular meshwork at the same thin-wall segment. She underwent resection and endoventricular patch plasty using cardiopulmonary bypass. Histopathologic examination showed transmural fibro-fatty replacement of the myocardium, with an extremely thickened endocardium. Here we report an extremely rare case of surgery in a patient with arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy associated with left ventricular noncompaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, Japan. smatsu@nagasakiu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsukuma
authors.forename: Kiyoyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eishi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshitomi
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ariyoshi
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hisatomi
authors.forename: Tomayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kuniko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed