A Case of Left Ventricular Noncompaction Presenting as Atrial Fibrillation

Ventricular noncompaction is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy resulting from failure in cardiac embryogenesis. Both left and right ventricular involvement has been reported in nature. We present a case of a 69-year-old male presenting with atrial fibrillation complicated with in-hospital cardiac arr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bath, Anandbir S, Aggarwal, Sourabh, Gupta, Vishal, Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183289
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4309
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Sumario:Ventricular noncompaction is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy resulting from failure in cardiac embryogenesis. Both left and right ventricular involvement has been reported in nature. We present a case of a 69-year-old male presenting with atrial fibrillation complicated with in-hospital cardiac arrest in the setting of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). Our case demonstrates the fatal nature of this disease entity thus demanding a high index of suspicion for early detection and treatment.

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