Left ventricular noncompaction.
Left ventricular noncompaction is a rare cardiomyopathy characterized by prominent ventricular hypertrabeculation. Here, we discuss the case of a 30-year-old man who presented with rapidly conducted atrial fibrillation. The images we present demonstrate appearances characteristic of this cardiomyopathy, with prominent trabeculations and an end-diastolic noncompacted to compacted myocardial thickness ratio of more than 2 noted on echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Department of Cardiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Neil
N
Mangrolia
Timothy
T
Watson
Deepa
D
Gopalan
Kausik K
KK
Ray
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin