title: Obscured meshwork structure after treatment for heart failure: a case study.
abstract: An 87-year-old man with heart failure was admitted to our hospital. A transthoracic echocardiography showed diffuse mild left ventricular (LV) hypokinesis and LV noncompaction at the apex. A three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography confirmed a trabecular meshwork. After treatment for heart failure, LV end-systolic dimension decreased and trabeculae seemed to converge and became obscure in end-systole. This is a rare case suggesting mechanism of obscured LV noncompaction after treatment for heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Kumamoto Saisyunsou Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rokutanda
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Misumi
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.forename: Ryuichiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akahoshi
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Nahoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Obayashi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaikita
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamuro
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging