Echocardiographic features of non-compaction cardiomyopathy: missed and misdiagnosed disease

• Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. e33 - e35
• Main Authors: Martínez-Baca López, Francisco, Alonso Bravo, Rosa Marisol, Rodríguez Huerta, Domingo Arturo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil 01.08.2009
• Subjects: Child; Diagnostic Errors; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; Family Health; Female; Humans; Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium - diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged

Non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a rare disease, anatomically characterized by a prominent trabecular pattern and deep intertrabecular recesses. Its clinical manifestations include severe left ventricular dysfunction, arrhythmias, systemic embolism, and sudden death. In this report, two cases of pat...