Case Report: Sudden cardiac death due to ventricular myocardial non-compaction
| Autor: | Taha Hasnaoui, A. Aissaoui, Nouha Ben Abdejlil, Syrine Mannoubi, Marwa Boussaid, Ibn Hadj Amor Hassen, Med Amin Mesrati, Hiba Limem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Histology Cardiomyopathy Autopsy Case Report 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Sudden Cardiac Death General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Sudden cardiac death 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Isolated Non compaction of the Ventricular Myocardium 030212 general & internal medicine General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Past medical history Ejection fraction General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Articles General Medicine medicine.disease Myocardium disorder medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle Cardiology cardiovascular system business Forensic autopsy |
| Zdroj: | F1000Research |
| ISSN: | 2046-1402 |
| Popis: | Ventricular non-compaction (VNC) is a rare myocardium disorder, which can be both genetic and sporadic. A poor wall compaction process or an excessive trabeculae formation may be at the genesis of myocardial hypertrabeculation with multiple recesses. It is often complicated by ventricular dysfunction, arrhythmias and cardiac embolism. Herein we report a case of a 20-year-old male patient with no particular past medical history who was followed up at the cardiology department for dyspnea. Echocardiography showed reduced ejection fraction of the left ventricle with potential hypertrabeculation in the right ventricle, confirmed by cardiac MRI. The patient was not put under medication and was later lost to follow-up. He died few months later without a clear cause explaining death. A forensic autopsy was performed that attributed death to acute ventricle arrhythmia secondary to VNC, emphasizing the major role of an early and specific treatment to avoid such a fatal outcome. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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