Adult Patient With Isolated Noncompaction of Ventricular Myocardium

A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of congestive heart failure despite full medical therapy. She had been diagnosed as having and was treated for cardiomyopathy of unknown cause during an extended period. She had no familial history of cardiovascular diseases or sudden cardiac death. Echocardiograms revealed severely reduced left ventricular (LV) contraction, severe mitral regurgitation, thickened myocardium with prominent trabeculations, and …