Non-compacted left ventricle. A new illness and a future challenge

Authors

  • Ginner O. Rizo Rivera Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Mario R. Martínez Peralta Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Yannelis del Carmen Gómez García Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

myocardial diseases/diagnosis, neurofibromatoses, tomography, x-ray computed, ultrasonography, echocardiography, doppler, color

Abstract

The presence of a non-compacted left ventricle is a novel and uncommon myocardial disease. It can be classified as single or associated depending on the presence or not of other cardiac or extracardiac anomalies. Both are characterized by the presence of a large myocardial trabecular layer with several deep recesses which communicate directly with the ventricular cavity and a proportion of non-compacted left ventricle/compacted left ventricle which is higher than two at the end of systole. Among the most commonly described associated anomalies are the neuromuscular illnesses. In the present article a case of a non-compacted left ventricle associated to a neurofibromatosis type I is presented and a brief and up-dated review of this novel heart disease is made – a disease which has increased its worldwide importance in Cardiology.

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Author Biographies

Ginner O. Rizo Rivera, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral. Residente de Cardiología.

Mario R. Martínez Peralta, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cardiología

Yannelis del Carmen Gómez García, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cardiología

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Rizo Rivera GO, Martínez Peralta MR, Gómez García Y del C. Non-compacted left ventricle. A new illness and a future challenge. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2009 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];3(1):44-9. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/426

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009): January-April

Section

Case Reports

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