title: Left ventricular non-compaction in pregnancy.
abstract: Left-ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) represents an arrest in the normal process of myocardial compaction, resulting in multiple, prominent, persistant trabeculations and deep inter-trabecular recesses communicating with the ventricular cavity. LVNC is a rarely encountered cardiomyopathy and few cases have been reported in pregnancy. In this case report we present a patient who referred to our clinic with symptoms of heart failure during pregnancy and whose echocardiographic examination revealed prominent trabeculations in the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Istanbul, Turkey. idogukilic@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ismail Dogu
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanriverdi
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Evrengul
authors.forename: Sukriye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uslu
authors.forename: Mustafa Azmi
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sungur
mesh_terms: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D056830:Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents