1. Noncompacted ventricular myocardium: characterization by intracardiac echo
- Author
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Amir Kol, Massimo Santini, Maurizio Russo, Serena Dottori, Claudio Pandozi, Sabina Ficili, Marco Galeazzi, and Carlo Lavalle
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Ventricular cavity ,Electric Countershock ,High resolution ,Clinical manifestation ,Intracardiac injection ,Ventricular myocardium ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Electrophysiologic study ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium ,business.industry ,Echo (computing) ,General Medicine ,Color doppler ,Middle Aged ,Defibrillators, Implantable ,Echocardiography, Doppler, Color ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,Tachycardia, Ventricular ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac - Abstract
We report a patient with clinical manifestation of arrhythmias and evidence of noncompacted myocardium in both left and right ventricular apex. The diagnosis was made with intracardiac echo performed during the electrophysiologic study. This method has allowed the diagnosis of noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium due to its high resolution. Color Doppler showed trabecular recesses in communication with the ventricular cavity that could not be identified with transthoracic echocardiography. more...
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- 2010