title: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction mimicking ventricular mass.
abstract: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction is an inherited cardiomyopathy characterized by multiple prominent trabeculations with deep intertrabecular recesses. The diagnosis is often missed because echocardiography poses inherent problems of poor echo window in assessment of the LV apex, which is most commonly involved in noncompaction. We report a case in which conventional 2D echocardiography failed to demonstrate multiple prominent trabeculations. Contrast echocardiography confirmed the presence of multiple trabeculations with deep intertrabecular recesses. This report emphasizes the importance of contrast echocardiography in the diagnosis of ventricular noncompaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India. praveenjayan30@gmail.com
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jayan
authors.forename: Ravindranath K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Shankarappa
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ananthakrishna
authors.forename: Manjunath C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nanjappa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren