Potential Common Pathogenic Pathways for the Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy (LVNC)

Ying Liu, Hanying Chen, Weinian Shou

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Abstract

Ventricular trabeculation and compaction are two essential morphogenetic events for generating a functionally competent ventricular wall. A significant reduction in trabeculation is usually associated with hypoplastic wall and ventricular compact zone deficiencies, which commonly leads to embryonic heart failure and early embryonic lethality. In contrast, the arrest of ventricular wall compaction (noncompaction) is believed to be causative to the left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), a genetically heterogeneous disorder and the third most common cardiomyopathy among pediatric patients. After critically reviewing recent findings from genetically engineered mouse models, we suggest a model which proposes that defects in myofibrillogenesis and polarization in trabecular cardiomyocytes underly the common pathogenic mechanism for ventricular noncompaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1099-1106
Number of pages8
JournalPediatric Cardiology
Volume39
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2018

Keywords

  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Congenital heart defects
  • Genetic pathway
  • Heart development
  • Ventricular noncompaction

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