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Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome in a 3-Month-Old Infant with Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction

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This report describes a 3-month-old boy with isolated left ventricular noncompaction admitted to a medical facility due to heart failure and dysrhythmia. His electrocardiogram showed a short PR interval and a normal QRS complex after abortion of supraventricular tachycardia in favor of Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome or enhanced atrioventricular nodal conduction.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Reza Shabanian, Abdolrazagh Kiani, Elaheh Malakan Rad & Hosein Eslamiyeh

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Shabanian, R., Kiani, A., Rad, E.M. et al. Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome in a 3-Month-Old Infant with Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction. Pediatr Cardiol 31, 274–276 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-009-9564-5

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