title: Noncompaction cardiomyopathy and pregnancy: An alarming coexistence ending in a favourable outcome.
abstract: Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium has gained increasing recognition over the past 25 years. This rare disease is caused by the arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. The classical triad of complications are heart failure, arrhythmias, including sudden cardiac death, and systemic embolic events. There is a paucity of data regarding women with left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy and pregnancy outcome. The first report of an uneventful vaginal delivery without deterioration of left ventircular noncompaction cardiomyopathy is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens Medical School, "Alexandra" Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Sotiris C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Plastiras
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pamboucas
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toumanidis
keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Noncompaction; Pregnancy