Key result
Multimodality imaging identifies isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia presenting as acute heart failure and arrhythmia.
Why the study?
Isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia is a newly recognized cardiomyopathy with few reported cases since 2004.
Case Report (n=1)
Consider isolated LV apical hypoplasia in young adults with arrhythmia and HF; leaves open its prevalence and management.
Isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia is a newly recognized type of cardiomyopathy, with only a few cases reported since it was first described in 2004. We report this case of a 21-year-old Filipino female presenting with unstable supraventricular arrhythmia and heart failure, with characteristic features of isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia on echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. To our knowledge, this is the first reported adult case in Asia.
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Tumabiene et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia (n=1). Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated. A 21-year-old female presenting with unstable supraventricular arrhythmia and heart failure was identified as having isolated left ventricular apical hypoplasia via echocardiography and MRI.
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