Left Ventricular Noncompaction: A Rare Cause of Effort Angina Unveiled During Left Heart Catheterization

J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Feb;32(2):E42. doi: 10.25270/jic/20.3202.E42.

Abstract

Effort angina is an under-appreciated presentation of left ventricular non-compaction that frequently leads to a late diagnosis. Cardiac ventriculography can assist in this diagnosis.

Keywords: cardiac imaging; effort angina.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina Pectoris* / diagnosis
  • Angina Pectoris* / etiology
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Exercise Test / methods
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / physiopathology
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radionuclide Ventriculography / methods*

Supplementary concepts

  • Noncompaction of Left Ventricular Myocardium with Congenital Heart Defects