Noncompaction cardiomyopathy: A rare cardiomyopathy

Noncompaction cardiomyopathy: A rare cardiomyopathy

Introduction: Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NccM) is a rare form of cardiomyopathy. the American Heart Association classified it as a genetic cardiomyopathy. the pathogenesis of this condition is attributed to the failure of trabecular myocardium to compact and underdeveloped microcoronary circulation. case report: We present a case of a 72-year-old African American female who presented with sh...

Noncompaction cardiomyopathy: a current view.

Isolated non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a rare disease that is likely to develop in the embryonic period. It is caused by the intrauterine arrest of the myocardial compaction process in the beginning of the fetal development. It is characterized by prominent myocardial trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses, as well as the thickening of the myocardium into two distinct layers (compa...

Adult bi-ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy.

Left Ventricular Noncompaction: A Distinct Genetic Cardiomyopathy?

Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) describes a ventricular wall anatomy characterized by prominent left ventricular (LV) trabeculae, a thin compacted layer, and deep intertrabecular recesses. Individual variability is extreme, and trabeculae represent a sort of individual "cardioprinting." By itself, the diagnosis of LVNC does not coincide with that of a "cardiomyopathy" because it can be ob...

A rare combination of two rare diseases: left ventricular noncompaction and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

From the *Clinical Institute of Radiology, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; †Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas; and the ‡Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas. Manuscript received March 7, 2011; accepted March 16, 2011. Two unrelat...