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01.03.2015 | Case Report
Sudden death due to biventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy in a 14-year-old
verfasst von:
Paul J. Cohen, Joseph A. Prahlow
Erschienen in:
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Abstract
A 14-year-old African-American female with a long-standing medically and ablation-treated history of tachycardia with associated seizures died suddenly. Upon autopsy, evidence of gross non-compaction involving the left ventricle, as well as possible subtle non-compaction of the right ventricle was discovered. Microscopically, there was focal myocyte hypertrophy as well as myxoid connective tissue and subendocardial fibroelastosis in the areas affected by the non-compaction. Arrhythmia, precipitated by the underlying cardiomyopathy, led to this young girl’s death. Non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac disorder which commonly goes undiagnosed until post-mortem, although diagnosis through echocardiogram, CT, or MRI is possible and there is criterion for diagnosis with each of these.