Electrocardiography Characteristics of Isolated Non-Compaction of Ventricular Myocardium in Japanese Adult Patients

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 74; no. 7; pp. 1431 - 1435
• Main Authors: Yamashita, Takeshi, Uejima, Tokuhisa, Sawada, Hitoshi, Otsuka, Takayuki, Semba, Hiroaki, Isobe, Mitsuaki, Asada, Kazuo, Sagara, Koichi, Aizawa, Tadanori, Shoji, Masaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis; Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology; Heart Diseases; Heart Ventricles - abnormalities; Humans; Isolated non-compaction of ventricular myocardium; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardium - pathology; Prevalence; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis; Young Adult

Background: Isolated non-compaction of ventricular myocardium (INVM) is characterized by persistent embryonic myocardial morphology without other cardiac anomalies. Congestive heart failure, critical arrhythmias, and systemic thromboemboli are known as major manifestations during childhood. Recently...