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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(1):126-129; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.04.007
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Left ventricular noncompaction: case of a heart transplant

Kursat Tigen*, Tansu Karaahmet, Gokhan Kahveci, Bülent Mutlu and Yelda Basaran

Kartal Kosuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Cardiology Department, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 6 February 2007; accepted after revision 15 April 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 30 June 2007.

* Corresponding author. Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Hastanesi Denizer Caddesi, Cevizli, Kartal, T ürkiye. Tel: +90 216 459 40 41; fax: + 90 216 459 63 21. E-mail address: mktigen{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (NVM) is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy characterized by multiple prominent trabeculations with deep intertrabecular recesses resulting from an arrest in normal embryogenesis of the endocardium and myocardium. The major clinical manifestations are depressed left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, systemic embolism, ventricular tachyarrhythmias, conduction disorders and neurologic abnormalities. We present a 21-year-old female who was diagnosed as dilated cardiomyopathy due to isolated noncompaction of the left ventricle and underwent cardiac transplantation.

Keywords: Noncompaction; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Transplantation


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