title: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium has often been misdiagnosed as other cardiomyopathies because it is a relatively recently described cardiomyopathy with literature limited to case reports and case series and little awareness among physicians. We are reporting a case of isolated left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy that was misdiagnosed for over two decades.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, New York 10305, USA. mohiuddin_bhat@yahoo.com
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authors.lastname: Bhat
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