A clinical case of diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction myocardium in a patient with infectious myocarditis
Brodskiĭ, A.V.; Nadzhafova, K.N.; Kovalev, I.R.; Shloĭdo, E.A.; Ovchinnikova, V.A.; Mitrofanova, L.B.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 86(4): 75-79
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 24864472 Document Number: 671961
The paper describes a rare clinical case involving primary cardiomyopathy (noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium (NCLVM), infectious myocarditis, and, possibly, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Objective, laboratory instrumental, invasive examination (coronarography with right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy) of the patient and histological study of his heart biopsy revealed acute infectious myocarditis concurrent with NCLVM and, possibly, HCM. The detection of a rare abnormality as NCLVM necessitates a meticulous additional examination to identify other primary cardiomyopathies (including HCM).