Ultrasonic diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in adults.
- Author:
Jian-Lan WANG
1
;
Zhe-Lan ZHENG
;
Yun MOU
;
Lei YAO
;
Zi-Ying TONG
;
Zhi-Qiang HU
;
Jian CHEN
;
Qi-Bin XU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Cardiomyopathies; congenital; diagnostic imaging; pathology; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; Female; Heart Ventricles; diagnostic imaging; pathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardium; pathology
- From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2005;34(2):188-190
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo apply echocardiography in diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of ventricular myocardium (INVM) in adults.
METHODSSix patients with INVM underwent echocardiographic examination using HP5500 ultrasound system with the frequency of 2 approximately equals 4 MHz, and the observation was focused on ventricularmyocardium and endocardium at one-third of the apex.
RESULTSAll 6 patients showed typical echocardiographic images characterized by an altered structure of the ventricular myocardium with extremely thickened, hypokinetic segments consisting of two layers: a thin, compacted epicardium and an extremely thickened endocardium, resulting in an extremely thickened ventricular wall.
CONCLUSIONEchocardiography should be the first choice to be applied in diagnosis of INVM, which is a distinct entity of specific cardiomyopathy in adults.
