Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction in an Eritrean war invalid with neuromuscular disease

Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT) is categorized as an unclassified cardiomyopathy and is characterized by a two-layered left ventricular myocardium distal to the papillary muscles with a thicker noncompacted inner (endocardial) layer and a compacted thinner outer (pericardial) layer . LVHT is complicated by ventricular arrhythmias, stroke/embolism, or heart failure, which is why these patients require close cardiologic surveillance . In more than half of the patients LVHT is associated with a neuromuscular disorder (NMD) or a chromosomal aberration . LVHT has been occasionally reported in African patients but never in an Eritrean so far. Here we report an Eritrean war victim with LVHT and a NMD.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Online Letters to the Editor Source Type: research