Stroke in a Young Individual with Left Ventricular Noncompaction and Left Atrium Standstill.
10.4070/kcj.2015.45.5.432
- Author:
Ga Hee LEE
1
;
Dae Kyeong KIM
;
Yeo Jeong SONG
;
Ju Il YANG
;
Ho Cheol SHIN
;
Sungmoon ONG
;
Ho Young LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan Paik Hostpital, Busan, Korea. epkimdk@paik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium;
Atrial standstill;
Stroke
- MeSH:
Adult;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Cardiomyopathies;
Cerebral Infarction;
Electrocardiography;
Embolism;
Heart Atria*;
Heart Failure;
Humans;
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular;
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium;
Myocardium;
Stroke*
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2015;45(5):432-438
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Isolated left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a rare cardiomyopathy with morphologic characteristics of two distinct myocardial layers i.e., thin compacted epicardial and thick noncompacted endocardial layers. The noncompacted myocardium consists of prominent ventricular trabeculae and deep intertrabecular recesses. It can lead to arrhythmias, heart failure or systemic embolisms. Electrocardiographic patterns of patients with LVNC are various and non-specific; however, the most common findings are intraventricular conduction delay, left ventricular hypertrophy, and repolarization abnormalities. We reported the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of a 29-year-old man who had recent cerebral infarction and incidental LVNC with spontaneous left atrial standstill.
