Preferred Label : Left ventricular noncompaction 1;
Symbol : LVNC1;
CISMeF acronym : LVNC1;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : Left ventricular noncompaction 1 with or without congenital heart defects;
Description : Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is characterized by numerous prominent trabeculations
and deep intertrabecular recesses in hypertrophied and hypokinetic segments of the
left ventricle (Sasse-Klaassen et al., 2004). The mechanistic basis is thought to
be an intrauterine arrest of myocardial development with lack of compaction of the
loose myocardial meshwork. LVNC may occur in isolation or in association with congenital
heart disease. Distinctive morphologic features can be recognized on 2-dimensional
echocardiography (Kurosaki et al., 1999). Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium
is sometimes referred to as spongy myocardium. Stollberger et al. (2002) commented
that the term 'isolated LVNC,' meaning LVNC without coexisting cardiac abnormalities,
is misleading, because additional cardiac abnormalities are found in nearly all patients
with LVNC. - Genetic Heterogeneity of Left Ventricular Noncompaction A locus for autosomal
dominant left ventricular noncompaction has been identified on chromosome 11p15 (LVNC2;
609470).;
Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the alpha-dystrobrevin gene (DTNA, 601239.0001);