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SKM Ali, J duPlessis, MJ GodmanKing Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Non-compaction of the ventricular myocardium (NVM) is a rare cardiomyopathy characterized by prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses. In this study 8 cases of NVM were followed prospectively. The age of presentation ranged from birth to 10 months. Male to female ratio was 1:3. Clinical presentation was variable; one asymptomatic infant (patient 1) was identified incidentally because of associated patent ductus arteriosus. One infant (patient 2) presented with mild congestive heart failure attributed to associated multiple ventricular septal defects and three patients with isolated NVM (patients 3, 4 and 5) presented with heart failure. In a further three patients (patients 6, 7 and 8) NVM was associated with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease. In all patients diagnosis was confirmed echocardiographically by calculating a ratio of non-compacted to compacted layer thickness of 2 or more. In
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