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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging In A Young Patient With Left Ventricular Spongiform Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report And Review Of Literature, Bilal Hussain, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging In A Young Patient With Left Ventricular Spongiform Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report And Review Of Literature, Bilal Hussain, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Section of Cardiology
Left ventricular spongiform or non compaction cardiomyopathy is one of the rarer forms of cardiomyopathy with a reported prevalence of 0.014-0.05% in adults. It is characterized by severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction occurring secondary to the failure of the myocardium to fuse resulting in non-compacted myocardium with a trabeculated appearance of the myocardium. Initially described on the basis of 2-D echocardiography, the identification of left ventricular non compaction has now improved with the introduction of sophisticated imaging modalities such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging that allows better visualization of the non-compacted myocardium assisting in accurate diagnosis. We report a case …