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Complete Atrioventricular Block As the First Manifestation of Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium
Author(s) -
NASCIMENTO BRUNO RAMOS,
VIDIGAL DANIEL FURTADO,
CARVALHO BICALHO CARNEIRO RENATA,
SOUZA WARLEY CRISTIANO,
LOPES WALKIRIA MONTEIRO,
RIBEIRO ANTONIO LUIZ PINHO,
NUNES E MARIA DO CARMO PEREIRA
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03054.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrioventricular block , cardiology , left ventricular noncompaction , heart block , cardiomyopathy , electrocardiography , heart failure
Noncompaction of ventricular myocardium (NVM) is a rare cardiomyopathy, most probably caused by disturbances in embryonic morphogenesis of the myocytes, resulting in prominent trabeculations in the ventricular myocardium . Several diagnostic criteria have been proposed by echocardiography, and its association with other heart diseases is common. Its mortality is closely related to ventricular dysfunction, cardiac arrhythmias, and cardioembolic events . We report here a case of occurrence of atrioventricular block with syncope as the clinical manifestation of NVM. A brief review of the literature on morphological features, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment will also be discussed .