A case of spongy myocardium initially manifested by ventricular tachycardia in adult.
- Author:
Seung Woo LEE
1
;
Myoung Beom KOH
;
Won Haing HUR
;
Ju Sang KIM
;
Ho Joong YOUN
;
Wook Sung CHUNG
;
Soon Jo HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. younhj@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spongy myocardium
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Biopsy;
Cardiomyopathies;
Diagnosis;
Echocardiography;
Electrocardiography;
Embryonic Development;
Female;
Humans;
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Myocardium*;
Pregnancy;
Syncope;
Tachycardia, Ventricular*;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2003;65(Suppl 3):S733-S737
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Isolated noncompaction of ventricular myocardium, sometimes referred to as spongy myocardium, is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy. Spongy myocardium results from an arrest in normal endomyocardial embryogenesis. The clinical symptoms and electrocardiographic findings of this disorder can be showed variously. The diagnosis is usually made by echocardiography. We report a case of isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in a 20-year-old male patient initially presented with syncope caused by ventricular tachycardia, who was diagnosed with echocardiography, cardiac MRI and endomyocardial biopsy.
