Volume 32, Nº 3, May and June 2019
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/2359-4802.20190002
CASE REPORT
Isolated Non-Compacted Myocardium: Should We Consider the Presence of Extrasystoles as the Initial Manifestation?
Erivelton Alessandro do Nascimento
Raphaella Nagib Carvalho Santos
Fernanda Fraga Tolomelli Dutra
Maria Gabriela Inocente Vitório
Abstract
Ventricular non-compaction occurs due to failure in myocardial morphogenesis during the fetal period.
Patients can have heart failure, as well as systemic complications due to thromboembolism and cardiac arrhythmias. Early diagnosis is essential. We presente the case of an asymptomatic 49-year-old woman who initially manifested ventricular extrasystoles and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and a myocardial noncompaction diagnosis.
Keywords: Heart Failure; Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Diagnostic Imaging.