IMR Press / RCM / Volume 10 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.3909/ricm0523

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Open Access Case Review
Isolated Noncompaction of Left Ventricular Myocardium With an Unusual Presentation of Angina Pectoris
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1 Shahid Beheshti Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Modarres Hospital, Tehran, Iran
2020 The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2009, 10(4), 232–235; https://doi.org/10.3909/ricm0523
Published: 30 December 2009
Abstract
A 45-year-old man presented to the hospital with typical chest pain compatible with myocardial infarction. An electrocardiogram showed left bundle branch block. The patient underwent urgent coronary angiography, which revealed no significant coronary artery disease. Echocardiography showed noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium. This unusual case of angina occurring in a patient with isolated noncompaction of the left ventricle is discussed with a review of the literature.
Keywords
Cardiomyopathy
Heart failure
Angina
Acute coronary syndrome
Myocardial infarction
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