Imaging techniques including echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and MDCT play a key role in the accurate diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction.
What are the imaging findings, diagnostic criteria, advantages, limitations, and pitfalls of echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and MDCT in diagnosing left ventricular noncompaction?
This review highlights the key role of multimodality imaging (echocardiography, MRI, MDCT) in the accurate diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction.
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this article are to review the imaging findings of left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) at echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and MDCT; to discuss diagnostic criteria for and the advantages and limitations of these imaging techniques; and to describe pitfalls that can lead to misinterpretation of findings of LVNC. CONCLUSION: LVNC is a cardiac disease of emerging importance, and imaging has a key role in its diagnosis. Accordingly, radiologists should be familiar with LVNC imaging findings to realize an accurate diagnosis.
Zuccarino et al. (Thu,) conducted a review in Left ventricular noncompaction. Imaging (echocardiography, cardiac MRI, MDCT) was evaluated. Imaging techniques including echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and MDCT play a key role in the accurate diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction.