Left ventricular noncompaction: a new form of heart failure
JA Towbin - Heart Failure Clinics, 2010 - heartfailure.theclinics.com
Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), characterized by excessive and unusual
trabeculation of the mature left ventricle (LV), has been considered to be a developmental
failure of the heart to form fully the compact myocardium during the later stages of cardiac
development. Clinically and pathologically, LVNC is characterized by a spongy morphologic
appearance of the myocardium, occurring primarily in the LV with the abnormal
trabeculations typically being most evident in the apical portion of the LV. 1, 2 LVNC is …
trabeculation of the mature left ventricle (LV), has been considered to be a developmental
failure of the heart to form fully the compact myocardium during the later stages of cardiac
development. Clinically and pathologically, LVNC is characterized by a spongy morphologic
appearance of the myocardium, occurring primarily in the LV with the abnormal
trabeculations typically being most evident in the apical portion of the LV. 1, 2 LVNC is …