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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Anticoagulant drugs in noncompaction: A mandatory therapy?
Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 9, No. 11, Year 2008
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BACKGROUND: Noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy resulting from an incomplete myocardial morphogenesis that leads to the persistence of the embryonic myocardium. This condition is characterized by a thin compacted epicardial and an extremely thickened endocardial layer with prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses. It is not clear, in noncompaction of myocardium, whether intertrabecular recesses could be responsible for thrombi formation and thromboembolic complications. METHODS: The prevalence of stroke and echocardiographic finding of thrombus was evaluated in a continuous series of 229 patients (men and women) affected by noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium, who were included in the SIEC registry. We excluded patients affected by atrial fibrillation. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 49.5 years. Fifty percent of the patients were affected by a ventricular systolic dysfunction. The mean period of follow-up was 7.3 years. Only four patients had a history of ischemic stroke. A large thrombus into the left ventricular chamber was observed in a 1-year-old child affected by Behcet's disease (high risk of thrombi formation). CONCLUSION: Noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium, by itself, does not seem to be a risk factor for stroke or embolic results, so there is no indication for oral anticoagulant therapy. © 2008 Italian Federation of Cardiology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fazio, Giovanni
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Corrado, Giovanni
Italy, Como
Ospedale Valduce
Zachara, Elisabetta
Italy, Rome
Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini
Rapezzi, Claudio
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Ali, Sulafa Khalid Mohamed
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Sutera, Loredana
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Stöllberger, Claudia
Unknown Affiliation
Sormani, Luca
Italy, Como
Ospedale Valduce
Finsterer, Joseph
Austria, Vienna
Rudolfstifung Hospital
Benatar, Abraham
Belgium, Brussels
Free Universities of Brussels
Di Gesaro, Gabriele I.
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Visconti, Claudia Luisa
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
D’Angelo, Luciana
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Novo, Giuseppina Maria
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Mongiovì, Maurizio
Italy, Palermo
Casa Del Sole Hospital
Çavuşoǧlu, Yüksel
Turkey, Eskisehir
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
Baumhäkel, Magnus
Germany, Homburg
Universitätsklinikum Des Saarlandes Medizinische Fakultät Der Universität Des Saarlandes
Drago, Fabrizio
Italy, Rome
Irccs Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
Indovina, Giuseppe
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Ferrara, Filippo
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Carerj, Scipione
Italy, Messina
Università Degli Studi Di Messina
Pipitone, Salvatore
Italy, Palermo
Casa Del Sole Hospital
Novo, Salvatore
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 23
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.2459/JCM.0b013e328308da04
ISSN:
15582027
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female