A rare cause of heart failure.

Dominika M ZoltowskaJagadeesh Kumar Kalavakunta

Published in: Clinical case reports (2018)

Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM) is a rare but important cause of heart failure. The reported prevalence of left ventricle NCCM based on echocardiographic criteria varies between 0.014% and 1.3%, while the biventricular involvement is extremely rare with only few cases reported.

Keyphrases

heart failure
left ventricular
cardiac resynchronization therapy
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
acute heart failure
risk factors
atrial fibrillation
pulmonary artery
left atrial
congenital heart disease
catheter ablation