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**Thus, endomyocardial biopsy is ''not'' reliable.
**Thus, endomyocardial biopsy is ''not'' reliable.
*+/-Aneurysms/dilation.
*+/-Aneurysms/dilation.
==Noncompaction cardiomyopathy==
===Etiology===
*Genetic.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/604169 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/604169]. Accessed on: 19 August 2010.</ref>
*May be associated with dilation.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/601493 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/601493]. Accessed on: 19 August 2010.</ref>
*Rare.
*Not clear whether it is a unique entity.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Paterick TE, Gerber TC, Pradhan SR, Lindor NM, Tajik AJ |title=Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: what do we know? |journal=Rev Cardiovasc Med |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=92–9 |year=2010 |pmid=20700091 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
===Gross===
*Prominent "mesh-like" trabeculae carnae.
**Enlarged intertrabecular recesses.<ref name=pmid2372897>{{cite journal |author=Chin TK, Perloff JK, Williams RG, Jue K, Mohrmann R |title=Isolated noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium. A study of eight cases |journal=Circulation |volume=82 |issue=2 |pages=507–13 |year=1990 |month=August |pmid=2372897 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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