We report a case of hypertrabeculated left ventricular myocardium associated with congenital hypothyroidism in a preterm infant. The myocardical anomalies and long QT interval, absent at birth, appeared simultaneously to abnormal thyroid hormones and progressively improved until complete recovery during Levo-Thyroxine treatment. We speculate that thyroid dysfunction could be the potential cause of transient hypertrabecular aspect of the left ventricle.
Fusco, F. P., Sindico, P., De Carolis, M. P., Costa, S., Cota, F., De Rosa, G., Romagnoli, C., Hypertrabecular aspect of left ventricular myocardium: a possible complication of congenital hypothyroidism in a preterm infant., <<THE JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE>>, 2010; (Luglio): 732-735 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/21349]
Hypertrabecular aspect of left ventricular myocardium: a possible complication of congenital hypothyroidism in a preterm infant.
Fusco, Francesca Paola;Sindico, Paola;De Carolis, Maria Pia;Costa, Simonetta;Cota, Francesco;De Rosa, Gabriella;Romagnoli, Costantino
2010
Abstract
We report a case of hypertrabeculated left ventricular myocardium associated with congenital hypothyroidism in a preterm infant. The myocardical anomalies and long QT interval, absent at birth, appeared simultaneously to abnormal thyroid hormones and progressively improved until complete recovery during Levo-Thyroxine treatment. We speculate that thyroid dysfunction could be the potential cause of transient hypertrabecular aspect of the left ventricle.
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