REVERSIBLE LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION AFTER PREGNANCY: A PHYSIOLOGICAL CARDIOMYOPATHY

Patients with chronic anemia, athletes and pregnant women may develop left ventricular trabeculations that may be consistent with the diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). We report the case of a pregnant woman who was found to have LV trabeculations consistent with LVNC, which regressed in postpartum follow-up.This observation is interesting to distinguish between LVNC as a disease, and non-compaction syndrome that could be associated with some cardiomyopathies or some physiological states such as pregnancy.