Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient

Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient

Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium (LVNC) is a rare cardiomyopathywith a spectrum of clinical presentations. The pathogenesis of this type of cardiomyopathyinvolves an arrest in the process of compaction during embryonic life. Identificationof high risk individuals with this syndrome i...

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Main Authors: Deephak Swaminath, Ragesh Panikkath, Roshni Narayanan, Sam Copeland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2013-07-01
Series:Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
Subjects:
cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
noncompaction
Online Access:http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/75
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spelling doaj-f1d32f5aad6c4cb7a0b7bbd37f2d2f442020-11-25T02:52:08ZengSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care ChroniclesSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles2325-92052013-07-0113323569Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young PatientDeephak Swaminath0Ragesh PanikkathRoshni NarayananSam CopelandDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterNoncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium (LVNC) is a rare cardiomyopathywith a spectrum of clinical presentations. The pathogenesis of this type of cardiomyopathyinvolves an arrest in the process of compaction during embryonic life. Identificationof high risk individuals with this syndrome is challenging; it can cause presentationsranging from an asymptomatic state to malignant ventricular arrhythmias and suddendeath. We present a 19-year-old man who presented with syncope and was later diagnosedwith left ventricular noncompaction.http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/75cardiomyopathyechocardiographynoncompaction
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author Deephak Swaminath
Ragesh Panikkath
Roshni Narayanan
Sam Copeland
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Ragesh Panikkath
Roshni Narayanan
Sam Copeland
Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient
Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
noncompaction
author_facet Deephak Swaminath
Ragesh Panikkath
Roshni Narayanan
Sam Copeland
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title Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient
title_short Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient
title_full Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient
title_fullStr Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient
title_full_unstemmed Noncompaction of the Left Ventricular Myocardium: A Cause of Syncope in a Young Patient
title_sort noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium: a cause of syncope in a young patient
publisher Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
series Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
issn 2325-9205
publishDate 2013-07-01
description Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium (LVNC) is a rare cardiomyopathywith a spectrum of clinical presentations. The pathogenesis of this type of cardiomyopathyinvolves an arrest in the process of compaction during embryonic life. Identificationof high risk individuals with this syndrome is challenging; it can cause presentationsranging from an asymptomatic state to malignant ventricular arrhythmias and suddendeath. We present a 19-year-old man who presented with syncope and was later diagnosedwith left ventricular noncompaction.
topic cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
noncompaction
url http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/75
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