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Echocardiography and ventriculography identify noncompaction cardiomyopathy in a 35-year-old syncope patient requiring ICD placement.
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Highlights the utility of echocardiography and angiography in diagnosing non-compaction cardiomyopathy and the importance of EP evaluation for arrhythmic risk.
A 35-year-old gentleman was referred to our clinic after two syncopal episodes, and ensuing work-up disclosed a trabeculated left ventricle with blood-filled myocardial recessions on color Doppler echocardiography and myocardial filling defects on left ventriculography, all leading to the diagnosis of noncompaction cardiomyopathy. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias were induced at an electrophysiology study and the patient received an implantable defibrillator.
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Papadopoulou et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (n=1). Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was evaluated. A 35-year-old man with syncope was diagnosed with noncompaction cardiomyopathy via echocardiography and left ventriculography, and subsequently received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
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