Isolated left ventricular non-compaction: cardiomyopathy with homogeneous transmural and heterogeneous segmental perfusion

A C Borges; D Kivelitz; G Baumann

doi:10.1136/heart.89.8.e21

Isolated left ventricular non-compaction: cardiomyopathy with homogeneous transmural and heterogeneous segmental perfusion

Heart. 2003 Aug;89(8):e21. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.8.e21.

Authors

A C Borges¹, D Kivelitz, G Baumann

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology, Pneumology, and Angiology, Medical Department, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. [email protected]

Abstract

This is the first description of a case of isolated non-compaction of the left ventricular myocardium, involving a 52 year old woman presenting with progressive heart failure, with analysis of myocardial perfusion by contrast echocardiography in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / etiology*
Coronary Vessels
Echocardiography / methods
Female
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Middle Aged