Anesthetic experience of patient with isolated left ventricular noncompaction: a case report.
Isolated left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a rare primary genetic cardiomyopathy characterized by prominent trabeculation of the left ventricular wall and intertrabecular recesses. Perioperative management of the patient with LVNC might be challenging due to the clinical symptoms of heart failure, systemic thromboembolic events, and fatal left ventricular arrhythmias. We conducted real time intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with LVNC undergoing general anesthesia for ovarian cystectomy.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Doyeon
D
Kim
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Eunhee
E
Kim
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Jong-Hwan
JH
Lee
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Chung Su
CS
Kim
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Sangmin Maria
SM
Lee
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Jung Eun
JE
Lee
Cardiomyopathies; Echocardiography; Left ventricular noncompaction