Vol 74, No 4 (2015)
Case report
Published online: 2015-11-27

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A patient with abnormalities of the coronary arteries and non-compaction of the left ventricular myocardium resulting in ischaemic heart disease symptoms

J. Dąbek, M. Majewski, W. Walkowicz, Z. Gąsior
DOI: 10.5603/FM.2015.0117
Pubmed: 26620516
Folia Morphol 2015;74(4):518-523.

Abstract

Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare cardiomyopathy that results from unsettled embryogenesis of myocardium. It is morphologically characterised by the presence of non-compacted, this is hypertrabeculated, myocardium of the left ventricle with deep endocardial recesses. The clinical spectrum of symptoms is very wide — from asymptomatic patients through the cases of heart failure to the patients requiring heart transplantation. The diagnosis is most frequently based on the echocardiography. LVNC is often coexisted with other heart defects and coronary artery abnormalities. We described a case of a 58-year-old man with LVNC and coronary artery anomalies.