Key result
A 73-year-old male with left ventricular noncompaction developed acute myocardial infarction and was treated with anticoagulation, CABG, and mitral valve repair, suggesting a potential association.
Case Report (n=1)
Patients with left ventricular noncompaction may be at heightened risk for myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease.
May indicate elevated MI risk in LV noncompaction; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
We describe a 73-year-old male patient with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) who was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (MI), three-vessel coronary artery disease, a fresh intraventricular thrombus, and mitral regurgitation. He was treated with full anticoagulant therapy, coronary artery bypass grafting, and mitral valve repair. This case adds to a small but growing literature showing association between LVNC and MI and/or coronary artery disease. We suggest that patients with LVNC could be considered at heightened risk for MI, and the two conditions might have a common genetic underpinning in some cases.
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Khalili et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Left ventricular noncompaction and acute myocardial infarction (n=1). Full anticoagulant therapy, coronary artery bypass grafting, and mitral valve repair was evaluated. A 73-year-old male with left ventricular noncompaction developed acute myocardial infarction and was treated with anticoagulation, CABG, and mitral valve repair, suggesting a potential association.
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