TY - JOUR
T1 - ICD implantation in noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium
T2 - A case report
AU - Coppola, Giuseppe
AU - Guttilla, Daniela
AU - Corrado, Egle
AU - Falletta, Calogero
AU - Marrone, Gianluca
AU - Farulla, Riccardo Airò
AU - Ciaramitaro, Gianfranco
AU - Assennato, Pasquale
AU - Novo, Salvatore
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (INVM) is an uncommon cardiomyopathy characterized by the persistence of fetal myocardium with prominent trabecular meshwork and deep intertrabecular recesses, often associated with systolic dysfunction and ventricular dilatation. A 23-year-old man from Burkina Faso was referred to our operative unit with a diagnosis of INVM, made with echocardiogram and magnetic resonance imaging and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. The literature reports the incidence of malignant ventricular arrhythmias in as many as 47% of the patients and sudden cardiac death in almost 50% of them and this supported our decision to perform implantable cardioverter-defibrillators implantation.
AB - Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (INVM) is an uncommon cardiomyopathy characterized by the persistence of fetal myocardium with prominent trabecular meshwork and deep intertrabecular recesses, often associated with systolic dysfunction and ventricular dilatation. A 23-year-old man from Burkina Faso was referred to our operative unit with a diagnosis of INVM, made with echocardiogram and magnetic resonance imaging and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. The literature reports the incidence of malignant ventricular arrhythmias in as many as 47% of the patients and sudden cardiac death in almost 50% of them and this supported our decision to perform implantable cardioverter-defibrillators implantation.
KW - ICD
KW - Left ventricle noncompaction
KW - Sudden cardiac death
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02443.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02443.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19659631
AN - SCOPUS:68449089009
VL - 32
SP - 1092
EP - 1095
JO - PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
JF - PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
SN - 0147-8389
IS - 8
ER -