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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 pa...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - April 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Josef Finsterer, Claudia Stöllberger, Maria Motamen Tags: Online Letters to the Editor Source Type: research