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Non‐compaction cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial bridging: A frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Aras Dursun,
Tufekcioglu Omac,
Topaloglu Serkan,
Ozeke Ozcan,
Ergun Kumral,
Yildiz Ali,
Deveci Bulent,
Korkmaz Sule
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.149
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1879-0844
pISSN - 1388-9842
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.01.017
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , endocardium , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , abnormality , heart failure , psychiatry
Isolated ventricular non‐compaction (IVNC) is an unclassified cardiomyopathy which occurs due to a morphogenetic abnormality involving an arrest of compaction of the loose myocardial meshwork during fetal ontogenesis. Despite recent advances in knowledge, diagnosis remains problematic because of its similarity to other diseases of the myocardium and endocardium. In this report, we describe a case of IVNC and myocardial bridging. The patient had been misdiagnosed with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2years earlier. The correct diagnosis was established by transthoracic echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography.