title: [Rare cause of heart failure in an elderly woman in Djibouti: left ventricular non compaction].
abstract: The purpose of this report is to describe the first case of left ventricular non compaction diagnosed in Djibouti. The patient was a 74-year-old Djiboutian woman with symptomatic heart failure. Echocardiography is the key tool for assessment of left ventricular non compaction. This rare cardiomyopathy is probably underdiagnosed in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Bouffard, Djibouti, SP 85024 00812 Armées. plmassoure@aol.com
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Massoure
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lamblin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertani
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eve
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015730:Djibouti; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000175:diagnosis*