Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy: Echo and Angiographic Imaging

Authors

  • Elektra Papadopoulou First Department of Cardiology, Evagelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Hector Anninos Evagelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • Spyridon Koulouris Evagelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • Antonis S Manolis First Department of Cardiology, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v6i3.420

Keywords:

noncompaction cardiomyopathy, echocardiography, left ventricular angiogram

Abstract

A 35-year-old gentleman was referred to our clinic after two syncopal episodes, and ensuing work-up disclosed a trabeculated left ventricle with blood-filled myocardial recessions on color Doppler echocardiography and myocardial filling defects on left ventriculography, all leading to the diagnosis of noncompaction cardiomyopathy. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias were induced at an electrophysiology study and the patient received an implantable defibrillator.

Author Biography

Antonis S Manolis, First Department of Cardiology, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Specialty: Cardiology

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2011)

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