Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy: Incidental diagnosis after ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Abstract

Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy, which usually presents early in life but may also manifest into adulthood. We present the case of an elderly woman with left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy, which was discovered incidentally following an ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Keywords:

• Acute coronary syndrome
• congenital
• echocardiogram
• left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy
• myocardial infarction

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