Echocardiographic features of non-compaction cardiomyopathy: missed and misdiagnosed disease.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 93(2): e33-5, 2009 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-19838476
ABSTRACT
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 patients of different ages with non-compaction cardiomyopathy are described a male schoolboy whose pathology was associated with mitral stenosis and regurgitation and a 50-year-old female with history of high blood pressure and cardiac failure.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Miocárdio Ventricular não Compactado Isolado
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Bras Cardiol
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article