Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium

S Hook; N B Ratliff; E Rosenkranz; R Sterba

doi:10.1007/BF02505811

Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium

Pediatr Cardiol. 1996 Jan-Feb;17(1):43-5. doi: 10.1007/BF02505811.

Authors

S Hook¹, N B Ratliff, E Rosenkranz, R Sterba

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195-5001, USA.

PMID: 8778701
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505811

Abstract

Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is a recently described anomaly. We report the first case of this anomaly presenting as a restrictive cardiomyopathy, and the first association of this entity with endocardial fibrosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / etiology*
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / surgery
Child, Preschool
Endomyocardial Fibrosis / complications*
Endomyocardial Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
Endomyocardial Fibrosis / surgery
Heart Transplantation
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Humans
Male
Ultrasonography