Value of left ventricular contrast echocardiography in diagnosis of left ventricular myocardium noncompaction
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1004-4477.2011.03.006
- VernacularTitle:左心室超声造影诊断左室心肌致密化不全的应用价值
- Author:
Xiaowei LIU
;
Yafeng WU
;
Yidan LI
;
Lanlan SUN
;
Wei JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Echocardiography;
Microbubbles;
Noncompaction of ventricular myocardium
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography
2011;20(3):201-204
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To assess the usefulness of left ventricular contrast echocardiography in diagnosis of left ventricular myocardium noncompaction.Methods Contrast echocardiography was done in ten patients who were diagnosed or suspected with left ventricular noncompaction by common transthoracic echocardiography,for further study of the trabecular muscles extent,the continuity of the endocardium,the compact myocardium thickness,and the contrast agent in the trabecula recessus.Results By contrast echocardiography,noncompaction myocardium thickness can be perspicuously observed,the turgor of the contrast agent was vividly detected in the trabecular recessus.Especially for the measurement of compaction myocardium,the contrast echocardiography was more accurate than in the condition of the common echocardiography.Conclusions Left ventricular contrast echocardiography can be used in the diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction,it was a good added method of conventional echocardiography.
