title: Ventricular arrhythmias due to left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: a diagnosis in hindsight.
abstract: Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy which predisposes to sudden cardiac death. We describe the case of a 24 year-old man who had previously received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for sustained ventricular tachycardia and was later diagnosed with left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy during a hospitalisation for device infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: liang.jackson@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Jackson J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Kyle M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Yong-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Arrhythmia; Cardiac MRI; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy; Ventricular tachycardia