Left Ventricular Noncompaction
A heart muscle condition with a thick, spongy inner layer of the left ventricle, linked to sarcomere genes such as MYH7, ACTC1, TNNT2, TPM1 and MYBPC3, and to LDB3, PRDM16 and MIB1.
What a diagnosis changes
Knowing about it supports heart imaging and rhythm monitoring and screening of relatives.
Also known as
left ventricular hypertrabeculation; left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy; left ventricular non-compaction syndrome; left ventricular noncompaction (disease); Lv non-compaction syndrome; LVNC; spongy myocardium
Includes 13 related subtypes ↓Hide subtypes ↑
- dilated cardiomyopathy 1C
- dilated cardiomyopathy 1D
- dilated cardiomyopathy 1R
- dilated cardiomyopathy 1S
- dilated cardiomyopathy 1Y
- left ventricular noncompaction 1
- left ventricular noncompaction 10
- left ventricular noncompaction 2
- left ventricular noncompaction 4
- left ventricular noncompaction 5
- left ventricular noncompaction 7
- left ventricular noncompaction 8
- left ventricular noncompaction 9
