Diagnostic criteria for left ventricular non-compaction in cardiac computed tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is characterized by a 2-layered myocardium composed of a noncompacted (NC) and a compacted (C) layer. The echocardiographic NC:C ratio is difficult to assess in many patients. The aim of the study was to assess the value of cardiac computed tomography (CCT) for the diagnosis of LVNC.

Methods

In this prospective controlled study, segmental analysis of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and prospective ECG-triggered CCT was performed in 17 patients with LVNC and 19 healthy controls. In TTE maximal NC and C thickness was measured at enddiastole and endsystole in the segment with most prominent trabeculation in short axis views. In CCT, maximal segmental NC and C thickness was measured during diastole, and NC:C ratio was determine

SUBMITTER: Fuchs TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7351212 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature