Ventricular conduction defect in isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium

Pediatr Cardiol. 1996 May-Jun;17(3):189-91. doi: 10.1007/BF02505211.

Abstract

A 9-month-old boy and 4-month-old girl presented with severe heart failure. The electrocardiogram showed complete and "incomplete" left bundle branch block, respectively. In both infants noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium was diagnosed with two-dimensional echocardiography. These cases are thought to be the first descriptions of the occurrence of left bundle branch block with noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium. Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium should be added to the list of the causes for left bundle branch block in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bundle-Branch Block / diagnostic imaging
  • Bundle-Branch Block / etiology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Conduction System*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging