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European Journal of Echocardiography 2006 7(1):71-74; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2005.03.003
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Copyright © 2005, The European Society of Cardiology

Preserved systolic function with isolated left ventricular noncompaction in an elderly patient

Dursun Aras*, Omac Tufekcioglu, Serkan Topaloglu, Kumral Ergun, Ozcan Ozeke, Ali Yildiz and Sule Korkmaz

Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

Received 10 January 2005; received in revised form 15 February 2005; accepted after revision 6 March 2005.

* Corresponding author. Ballibaba Sokak No: 52/3, 06700, Kucukesat, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +903124302825; fax: +903124175315. sevgidursun06{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

Isolated left ventricular noncompaction (IVNC) is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy resulting from an arrest in normal endomyocardial embryogenesis. Clinical presentations of IVNC include systolic and diastolic dysfunction, systemic embolism and ventricular arrhythmias. In recent years there has been an increasing awareness of this anomaly; however, especially in elderly, clinical characterization and natural course of IVNC are still in question. In this case, we report a case of a 78-year-old patient with the diagnosis of IVNC with preserved left ventricular (LV) systolic function. To the best of our knowledge, this is the oldest IVNC case with preserved LV systolic function in the literature.

Keywords: Noncompaction; Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure


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