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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Ventricular tachycardia in non-compaction of left ventricle: Is this a frequent complication?
PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, Volume 30, No. 4, Year 2007
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Description
Background: Isolated left ventricular non-compaction is the result of incomplete myocardial morphogenesis, leading to persistence of the embryonic myocardium. The condition is recognized by an excessively prominent trabecular meshwork and deep intertrabecular recesses of the left ventricle. Whether these intertrabecular recesses are a favorable substrate for ventricular arrhythmias is unclear. Some reports have found that the fatal ventricular arrhythmias may occur in approximately half of the patients. In this report we investigated about this association. Methods and Results: In total we evaluated a continuous series of 238 patients affected by non-compaction. Periodic Holter monitoring was performed every 6 months for 4 years. Only 11 patients had documented ventricular tachycardia, which was sustained in two cases and non-sustained in nine. In no cases we observed ventricular fibrillation. Conclusions: Non-compaction alone does not seem to be a risk factor for malignant ventricular arrhythmias. © 2007, The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Fazio, Giovanni
Italy, Palermo
Casa Del Sole Hospital
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
Germany, Homburg
Universitätsklinikum Des Saarlandes Medizinische Fakultät Der Universität Des Saarlandes
Ali, Sulafa Khalid Mohamed
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Sutera, Loredana
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Pizzuto, Caterina
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Stöllberger, Claudia
Austria, Vienna
2nd Medical Department
Sormani, Luca
Italy, Como
Ospedale Valduce
Finsterer, Joseph
Austria, Vienna
Rudolfstifung Hospital
Benatar, Abraham
Turkey, Eskisehir
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi
Di Gesaro, Gabriele I.
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Cascio, Caterina
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Cangemi, Debora
Italy, Palermo
Università Degli Studi Di Palermo
Çavuşoǧlu, Yüksel
Belgium, Brussels
Free Universities of Brussels
Baumhäkel, Magnus
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Germany, Homburg
Universitätsklinikum Des Saarlandes Medizinische Fakultät Der Universität Des Saarlandes
Drago, Fabrizio
Italy, Rome
Irccs Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
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: 55
Authors: 20
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00706.x
ISSN:
01478389
e-ISSN:
15408159
Research Areas
Cancer