A Rare Case of Renal Infarct due to Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Karan Wats; On Chen; Nupur Nippun Uppal; Syeda Atiqa Batul; Norbert Moskovits; Vijay Shetty; Jacob Shani

doi:10.1155/2016/6789149

Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2016)

A Rare Case of Renal Infarct due to Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Karan Wats,
On Chen,
Nupur Nippun Uppal,
Syeda Atiqa Batul,
Norbert Moskovits,
Vijay Shetty,
Jacob Shani

Affiliations

Karan Wats: Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA
On Chen: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA
Nupur Nippun Uppal: Department of Nephrology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA
Syeda Atiqa Batul: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA
Norbert Moskovits: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA
Vijay Shetty: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA
Jacob Shani: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6789149
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2016

Abstract

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Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy is a rare myocardial disorder which results from failure of left ventricle to compact in embryogenesis. We present a case of a 53-year-old female who came because of abdominal pain and was found to have renal infarct secondary to noncompaction cardiomyopathy.

Published in Case Reports in Cardiology

ISSN: 2090-6404 (Print); 2090-6412 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4208

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