title: Isolated ventricular noncompaction: implications for mechanisms of sudden cardiac death.
abstract: We present a case of a young patient, whose first manifestation of isolated ventricular noncompaction (IVNC) was sudden cardiac arrest precipitated by ventricular fibrillation. Furthermore we had the rare opportunity to record the onset of subsequent episodes of ventricular fibrillation-with discussion on the mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias in IVNC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. dr.wl.lee@gmail.com
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dennis L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kuchar
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Rajesh N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Subbiah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control