Sudden infant death syndrome and left ventricular hypertrabeculation-hidden arrhythmogenic entity?

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Ker, James A.
Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine
Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus
Saayman, Gert

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Libertas Academica

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Left ventricular noncompaction/hypertrabeculation is a condition which is characterized by a highly trabeculated, “spongy” myocardium. It can present at any age with heart failure, arrhythmia and/or thromboembolic events. A wide variety of mutations have been found to be a cause of hypertrabeculation and it is possible that there is a continuum of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrabeculation/noncompaction. We present a case of left ventricular hypertrabeculation which presented as sudden infant death syndrome and we propose that this entity may be a hidden cause of arrhythmic death in some infants presenting as sudden infant death syndrome.

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Infant death syndrome

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Ker, J, Du Toit-Prinsloo, L, Van Heerden, WFP & Saayman,G 2010, 'Sudden infant death syndrome and left ventricular hypertrabeculation-hidden arrhythmogenic entity?', Clinical Medicine Insights : Cardiology vol. 4, pp. 85–87. [http://www.la-press.com]