Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Clinical and Echocardiographic Perspective | Zendy

Ferande Peters | Zendy; Bijoy K. Khandheria | Zendy; Claúdia C. dos Santos | Zendy; Hiral Matioda | Zendy; Nirvarthi Maharaj | Zendy; Elena Libhaber | Zendy; Farouk Mamdoo | Zendy; Mohammed R. Essop | Zendy

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Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Clinical and Echocardiographic Perspective

Author(s) -

Ferande Peters,

Bijoy K. Khandheria,

Claúdia C. dos Santos,

Hiral Matioda,

Nirvarthi Maharaj,

Elena Libhaber,

Farouk Mamdoo,

Mohammed R. Essop

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.111.966937

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , heart failure , confidence interval , cardiomyopathy , left ventricular noncompaction , diastole , pulmonary hypertension , blood pressure

Isolated left ventricular noncompaction (ILVNC) is a cardiomyopathy caused by intrauterine failure of the myocardium to compact. Common clinical complications are heart failure, arrhythmias, and cardioembolism. A paucity of data exists relating to clinical and echocardiographic features of ILVNC in Africans.

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