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Romanian Journal of Cardiology
Volume 31 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)
Open Access
Functional assessment in left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy in multimodality imaging era might improve the definition
Ionela Simona Visoiu
Ionela Simona Visoiu
,
Roxana Cristina Rimbas
Roxana Cristina Rimbas
,
Loredana Gheorghiu
Loredana Gheorghiu
,
Ruxandra Dragoi Galrinho Antunes Guerra
Ruxandra Dragoi Galrinho Antunes Guerra
,
Alina Ioana Nicula
Alina Ioana Nicula
and
Dragos Vinereanu
Dragos Vinereanu
| Apr 30, 2022
Romanian Journal of Cardiology
Volume 31 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)
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Article Category:
Case Presentation
Published Online:
Apr 30, 2022
Page range:
122 - 128
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2021.31.1.122
Keywords
non-compaction
,
cardiomyopathy
,
multimodality imaging
,
myocardial work
,
fibrosis
© 2021 Ionela Simona Visoiu et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Figure 1
LVNC with preserved LVEF.A.Transthoracic ecocardiography, apical 4 chamber view, and B. cardiac magnetic resonance, short axis view: bilayered myocardium, with a thick non-compacted myocardium (NCM) endocardial layer (green line-panel A-B), with broad myocardial trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses, communicating with the left ventricular cavity (blue arrows-panel B), and a thinner compacted myocardium (CM) epicardial layer (red line-panel A-B). C. Speckle tracking ecocardiography: slightly decreased deformation of the basal and mid septal segments, with normal apical deformation D-E. Myocardial work analysis: decreased myocardial work efficiency (MWE) in the septal segments and also in the apical non-compacted segments, dominantly in the posterior and lateral ones, by increasing the wasted work (WW), with a preserved constructive work (CW).
Figure 2
LVNC with reduced LVEF.A. 2D transthoracic ecocardiography, apical three chamber view, and B. 3D transthoracic ecocardiography, focused on sections apically to the insertion of the papillary muscles, showing a bilayered myocardium, with a thin epicardial CM layer (red lines-panel B) and a sponge-like NCM endocardial layer (green lines-panel B), gradually increasing in thickness from papillary muscles level to the apex. C. Speckle tracking ecocardiography: gradually decreased deformation from basal anterior and septal segments to mid apical posterior and lateral segments, in a “yin yang” pattern, corresponding to NC segments. D-E. Myocardial work analysis: severely decreased myocardial work efficiency (MWE) in the same segments with reduced deformation, with the collapse of constructive work (CW) and significantly increased wasted work (WW), especially in mid posterior and lateral NC segments.