Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: cardiac, neuromuscular, and genetic factors.

Abstract excerpt

Left ventricular hypertrabeculation (LVHT) or noncompaction is a myocardial abnormality of unknown aetiology, frequently associated with monogenic disorders, particularly neuromuscular disorders, or with chromosomal defects. LVHT is diagnosed usually by echocardiography by the presence of a bilayered myocardium consisting of a thick, spongy, noncompacted endocardial layer and a thin, compacted, epicardial layer....

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• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Disease Management
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Heart Defects, Congenital
• Prognosis