Wilbring Manuel, Kappert Utz, Schön Steffen, Tugtekin Sems M, Geiger Kathrin, Alexiou Konstantin, Matschke Klaus
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Dresden, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
J Card Surg. 2009 Nov-Dec;24(6):684-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00916.x. Epub 2009 Sep 17.
We report a male patient suffering left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy in combination with low-gradient aortic stenosis. Preoperative echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the diagnosis. After aortic valve replacement, the clinical course was uneventful. Two years of follow-up confirmed that the general prognosis was primarily affected by impaired ventricular function, thrombembolism, and arrhythmias.