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Review
. 2008 Feb;63(1):136-9.
doi: 10.1590/s1807-59322008000100022.

Isolated left ventricular noncompaction: unusual cause of decompensated heart failure and indication of heart transplantation in the early infancy--case report and literature review

Natasha Damásio Fairbanks Barbosa, Estela Azeka, Vera Demarchi Aiello, Fernanda Viana, Marcelo Jatene, Carla Tanamati, Miguel Barbero Marcial
Review

Isolated left ventricular noncompaction: unusual cause of decompensated heart failure and indication of heart transplantation in the early infancy--case report and literature review

Natasha Damásio Fairbanks Barbosa et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2008 Feb.

Erratum in

  • Clinics. 2008 Apr;63(2):292. Macial, Miguel Barbero [corrected to Marcial, Miguel Barbero]
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Gross aspect of the explanted heart, showing the characteristic non-compaction involving the inlet and apical portion of the left ventricle but sparing the ventricular septum.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Photomicrographs of the left ventricular myocardium showing in A) the deep myocardial recesses and in B) the thickened endocardium. Hematoxylin-eosin satin, objectives A) 2.5X and B) 10X.
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