<unk>  <unk>  is a rare congenital disease of heart muscle that affects both children and adults. It results from abnormal prenatal development of heart muscle. During development, the majority of the heart muscle is a sponge-like meshwork of interwoven myocardial fibers. As normal development progresses, these trabeculated structures undergo significant compaction that transforms them from spongy to solid. This process is particularly apparent in the ventricles, and particularly so in the left ventricle.<unk>  results when there is failure of this process of compaction. Because the consequence of<unk>  is particularly evident in the left ventricle, the condition is also called left ventricular<unk> . Other hypotheses and models have been proposed, none of which is as widely accepted as the<unk>  model. Symptoms range greatly in severity. Most are a result of a poor pumping performance by the heart. The disease can be associated with other problems with the heart and the body.
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Amyloid cardiomyopathy
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy