Biventricular non-compaction demonstrated on multi-slice computed tomography with echocardiographic correlation

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Sep;14(9):677-80. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356a4a6.

Abstract

Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a myocardial disorder characterized by prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses within the left ventricular wall. Multi-slice computed tomography (CT) might represent a valid non-invasive imaging technique for the diagnostic work-up of these patients, being able to visualize the compacted and non-compacted layers and to simultaneously rule out the presence of associated coronary artery disease and congenital heart disease. In the present report, the CT features of LVNC are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography

Supplementary concepts

  • Noncompaction of Left Ventricular Myocardium with Congenital Heart Defects