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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Biventricular noncompaction presenting with stroke

Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiology Department, Turkey

Received 20 September 2007; received in revised form 29 December 2007; accepted 1 January 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Kouyolu Kalp Eitim ve Arastrma Hastanesi, Denizer Cd. Cevizli, 34880 Kartal, stanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 216 4594041; fax: +90 216 4596321. (Email: ayhanerkol@yahoo.com).

Key Words: Noncompaction • Stroke • Heart failure • Imaging • Transplantation

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Transthoracic echocardiography of a 27-year-old male with a past medical history of a stroke revealed a severely dilated left ventricle and multiple prominent trabeculations in both ventricles (Fig. 1 ). Cardiac MRI confirmed the diagnosis of biventricular noncompaction (Fig. 2 , Videos 1 and 2). He is still on our heart transplant list.

View larger version (47K):   Fig. 1. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a dilated left ventricle and severe systolic dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 25%. Trabeculations were . . . [Full Text of this Article]