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Surgical Restoration of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function: Possible Treatment for Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Gan Changping,
Hu Jia,
Luo Shuhua,
An Qi,
Lin Ke
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12339
Subject(s) - medicine , left ventricular noncompaction , ventricle , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , diastole , diastolic function , heart failure , blood pressure
Abstract Noncompaction of the left ventricle is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy characterized by prematurely arrested compaction of the endocardial and myocardial fibers resulting in impaired systolic and diastolic ventricular function. Nontransplant surgical treatment is lacking and limited to correction of accompanied valve problems or arrhythmias. We present a technique for surgical restoration of ventricular diastolic function in a patient with noncompaction of the left ventricle. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12339 (J Card Surg 2014;29:827–828)