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SUBMITTER: Cevik C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3423290 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cevik Cihan C Shah Nishant N Wilson James M JM Stainback Raymond F RF
Texas Heart Institute journal 20120101 4
The major clinical features of myocardial noncompaction are heart failure, arrhythmias, and thromboembolic events. Prominent myocardial trabeculae and deep recesses characteristic of myocardial noncompaction can cause stagnant blood flow and the formation of left ventricular clots. We describe the case of a 62-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of heart failure secondary to left ventricular noncompaction. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed multiple left ventricul ...[more]