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SUBMITTER: Hosseinsabet A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353564 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiovascular echography 20141001 4
Myocardial noncompaction (NC) is a disorder of the embryonic endomyocardial morphogenesis frequently associated with congenital cardiac abnormalities. NC predominantly affects the left ventricle (LV). Right ventricle (RV) NC may occur in association with LV involvement or in isolation. A 47-year-old woman was admitted for atrial septal defect closure. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed hypertrabeculation of the RV apex, consisting of multiple deep recesses with the entrance of blood flow in ...[more]