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Myocardial infarction in a patient with left ventricular noncompaction: a case report

Author(s) -

Majid Khalili,

Mehrnoush Toufan,

Shahvalizadeh

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of general medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722

H-Index - 36

ISSN - 1178-7074

DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s28902

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , left ventricular noncompaction , myocardial infarction , thrombus , mitral regurgitation , coronary artery disease , artery , mitral valve repair , left ventricular thrombus , cardiomyopathy , heart failure

We describe a 73-year-old male patient with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) who was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (MI), three-vessel coronary artery disease, a fresh intraventricular thrombus, and mitral regurgitation. He was treated with full anticoagulant therapy, coronary artery bypass grafting, and mitral valve repair. This case adds to a small but growing literature showing association between LVNC and MI and/or coronary artery disease. We suggest that patients with LVNC could be considered at heightened risk for MI, and the two conditions might have a common genetic underpinning in some cases.

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