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01.02.2011 | Case study
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy and dextroversion of the heart
verfasst von:
M. Baskurt, M.D., M. Kalyoncuoglu, S. Kucukoglu
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Ausgabe 1/2011
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Abstract
The prevalence of patients with noncompaction is reported to be 0.014% on echocardiographic examination. The estimated incidence of dextroversion (dextrocardia with isolated reversal of the heart with normally positioned visceral organs) is 1:2,800, while the real incidence of dextroversion and left ventricular noncompaction is still not known; to our knowledge only two cases have been reported in the literature. Noncompaction can generally be diagnosed using echocardiography; however, in the case reported here cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was important for the definitive diagnosis of dextroversion and noncompaction, because no adequate echocardiographic images could be obtained.