TITLE:
A Case Report of Isolated Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Presenting with Congestive Heart Failure and Intramural Thrombus
AUTHORS:
Laxmi Narayan Goit, Shaning Yang
KEYWORDS:
Left Ventricular Non-Compaction, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Arrhythmia, Heart Transplantation
JOURNAL NAME:
Yangtze Medicine,
Vol.3 No.1,
March
22,
2019
ABSTRACT: Isolated left ventricular non-compaction is recently described as a rare form of cardiomyopathy that is associated with a heart failure, life threatening cardiac arrhythmia and thromboembolic complications. The diagnosis is based on echocardiography demonstration of spongy myocardium. Here we report a case of 74 years old female patient diagnosed as an isolated left ventricular non-compaction with congestive heart failure, intramural thrombus and hypertension. There is no specific treatment for LVNC; therapeutic measures are directed towards the patient’s symptom (heart failure, arrhythmia and thrombotic events) and consideration of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac transplantation.