Left ventricular non-compaction: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

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OBJECTIVES: We aimed to test the diagnostic accuracy of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in distinguishing pathological left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) from lesser degrees of trabecular layering seen in healthy volunteers and, in those with cardiomyopathies and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, potential differential diagnoses. We hypothesized that pathological trabeculation could be distinguished by determining the ratio of non-compacted to compacted myocardium ...

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Authors: Petersen, SE; Selvanayagam, J; Wiesmann, F; Robson, M; Francis, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 101-105
• Publication date: 2005-07-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.03.045
• EISSN: 1558-3597
• ISSN: 0735-1097
• Language: English
• Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Humans; Adolescent; Heart Ventricles; Diagnosis, Differential; Cardiomyopathies; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Factors; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular; Middle Aged; Adult; Male; Aortic Valve Stenosis