Cardiac resynchronization and cardioverter defibrillation therapy in a patient with isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 21;136(3):e66-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.05.022. Epub 2008 Jul 31.

Abstract

Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (INVM) is an unclassified cardiomyopathy and is thought to be due to arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. Left ventricular failure and ventricular arrhythmias may occur in approximately half of the patients and account for half of the death in this disorder. In this report, we describe a patient with INVM in whom cardiac resynchronization and cardioverter defibrillation therapy was effective for the improvement of left ventricular function and for the prevention of ventricular arrhythmias.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / pathology
  • Cardiomyopathies / therapy*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Echocardiography
  • Electric Countershock*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / pathology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy*