Myocardial infarction in a patient with left ventricular noncompaction: A case report
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We describe a 73-year-old male patient with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) who was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (MI), three-vessel coronary artery disease, a fresh intraventricular thrombus, and mitral regurgitation. He was treated with full anticoagulant therapy, coronary artery bypass grafting, and mitral valve repair. This case adds to a small but growing literature showing association between LVNC and MI and/or coronary artery disease. We suggest that patients with LVNC could be considered at heightened risk for MI, and the two conditions might have a common genetic underpinning in some cases. © 2012 Toufan et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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acute heart infarction, aged, akinesia, angiocardiography, anticoagulant therapy, article, case report, clinical examination, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary artery disease, disease association, Doppler echocardiography, dyspnea, electrocardiogram, follow up, fresh intraventricular thrombus, heart left ventricle ejection fraction, heart muscle ischemia, human, male, mitral annuloplasty, mitral valve regurgitation, mitral valve repair, QRS complex, R wave, ST segment depression, ST segment elevation, systolic heart murmur, thorax pain, thrombus, transesophageal echocardiography, transthoracic echocardiography, ventricular noncompaction