Additive value of contrast echocardiography for the diagnosis of noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium

Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium is a rare and unclassified cardiomyopathy that remains frequently overlooked, even by experienced echocardiographers. This fact may be due to non-optimal imaging of the lateral and apical myocardium, and/or insufficient disease awareness by echocardio...

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Published in:European journal of echocardiography 2006-01, Vol.7 (1), p.67-70
Main Authors: Gianfagna, Pasquale, Badano, Luigi P, Faganello, Giorgio, Tosoratti, Elena, Fioretti, Paolo M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Echocardiography
Exercise Test
Exercise Tolerance
Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Humans
Image Enhancement
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia - diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology
Oxygen Consumption
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology
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Summary:Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium is a rare and unclassified cardiomyopathy that remains frequently overlooked, even by experienced echocardiographers. This fact may be due to non-optimal imaging of the lateral and apical myocardium, and/or insufficient disease awareness by echocardiographers. We report a case of a young man with heart failure and severe left ventricular dysfunction, previously diagnosed of ischemic etiology, in which the contrast enhancement of left ventricular endocardium allowed us to reach the correct diagnosis of isolated left ventricular noncompaction.
ISSN:1525-2167
DOI:10.1016/j.euje.2005.03.001