A Rare Cause of Heart Failure Treated by Heart Transplantation: Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium | Zendy

Julien Bordes | Zendy; Bertrand Jop | Zendy; Sandrine Imbert | Zendy; Sami Hraiech | Zendy; F. Collard | Zendy; François Kerbaul | Zendy

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A Rare Cause of Heart Failure Treated by Heart Transplantation: Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium

Author(s) -

Julien Bordes,

Bertrand Jop,

Sandrine Imbert,

Sami Hraiech,

F. Collard,

François Kerbaul

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2009/725879

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , heart failure , heart transplantation , left ventricular noncompaction , cardiomyopathy , transplantation , bicuspid aortic valve , aortic valve

Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is a rare cardiomyopathy due to an arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. The characteristic echocardiographic findings are prominent myocardial trabeculations and deep intertrabecular spaces communicating with the left ventricular cavity. The clinical manifestations include heart failure (HF) signs, ventricular arrhythmias, and cardioembolic events. We describe an illustrative case of noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium associated with bicuspid aortic valve, a 42-year-old male presenting a refractory acute heart failure successfully treated by emergency heart transplantation.

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