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Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
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Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Sherif Ali Eltawansy, Andrea Bakos and John Checton
Case reports in cardiology, v 2015, 646890
01 Jan 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/646890
PMID: 26180644
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Abstract

Case Report
We report a case of a 53-year-old female presenting with a new-onset heart failure that was contributed secondary to noncompaction cardiomyopathy. The diagnosis was made by echocardiogram and confirmed by cardiac MRI. Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (also known as ventricular hypertrabeculation) is a newly discovered disease. It is considered to be congenital (genetic) cardiomyopathy. It is usually associated with genetic disorders and that could explain the genetic pathogenesis of the non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Our case had a history of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. There is a high incidence of arrhythmia and embolic complications. The treatment usually consists of the medical management, defibrillator placement, and lifelong anticoagulation. Heart transplantation will be the last resort.

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