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Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder
Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a rare congenital condition defined by the presence of prominent trabeculations in the myocardial layer of the left ventricle. The clinical presentation is varied as some patients are asymptomatic and others have symptoms of decompensated heart failure, arrhy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10577609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37849596 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45366 |
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author | Chirumamilla, Yashitha Chakrala, Nihara Marcus, Huda |
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description | Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a rare congenital condition defined by the presence of prominent trabeculations in the myocardial layer of the left ventricle. The clinical presentation is varied as some patients are asymptomatic and others have symptoms of decompensated heart failure, arrhythmias, or thromboembolism. We present the case of a 42-year-old female with a past medical history of asthma and substance use disorder who presented to the Emergency Department following a syncopal event. The patient had used heroin intranasally, following which she became unresponsive for several minutes. Her husband witnessed the event and initiated chest compressions. When examined by emergency medical services (EMS), she had a palpable pulse and was given naloxone. The patient underwent further evaluation and was admitted for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia. Throughout her hospital stay, she complained of chest pain with musculoskeletal characteristics, likely secondary to chest compressions. However, due to the persistence of pain, she had further cardiac evaluation done. Her electrocardiography (EKG) revealed a normal sinus rhythm with no acute ischemic changes. Her echocardiography revealed left ventricular apical trabeculations with normal systolic and diastolic function, in line with the diagnosis of LVNC. Upon discharge, she was extensively counseled to abstain from substance use and to follow up with cardiology for a cardiac event monitor. Given her initial syncopal event and high-risk substance use behavior, she would benefit from close follow-up for the presence of arrhythmias. |
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spelling | pubmed-105776092023-10-17 Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder Chirumamilla, Yashitha Chakrala, Nihara Marcus, Huda Cureus Cardiology Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a rare congenital condition defined by the presence of prominent trabeculations in the myocardial layer of the left ventricle. The clinical presentation is varied as some patients are asymptomatic and others have symptoms of decompensated heart failure, arrhythmias, or thromboembolism. We present the case of a 42-year-old female with a past medical history of asthma and substance use disorder who presented to the Emergency Department following a syncopal event. The patient had used heroin intranasally, following which she became unresponsive for several minutes. Her husband witnessed the event and initiated chest compressions. When examined by emergency medical services (EMS), she had a palpable pulse and was given naloxone. The patient underwent further evaluation and was admitted for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia. Throughout her hospital stay, she complained of chest pain with musculoskeletal characteristics, likely secondary to chest compressions. However, due to the persistence of pain, she had further cardiac evaluation done. Her electrocardiography (EKG) revealed a normal sinus rhythm with no acute ischemic changes. Her echocardiography revealed left ventricular apical trabeculations with normal systolic and diastolic function, in line with the diagnosis of LVNC. Upon discharge, she was extensively counseled to abstain from substance use and to follow up with cardiology for a cardiac event monitor. Given her initial syncopal event and high-risk substance use behavior, she would benefit from close follow-up for the presence of arrhythmias. Cureus 2023-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10577609/ /pubmed/37849596 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45366 Text en Copyright © 2023, Chirumamilla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Chirumamilla, Yashitha Chakrala, Nihara Marcus, Huda Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder |
title | Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder |
title_full | Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder |
title_fullStr | Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder |
title_short | Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Concomitance With Heroin Use Disorder |
title_sort | left ventricular noncompaction in concomitance with heroin use disorder |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10577609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37849596 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45366 |
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