Noncompaction cardiomyopathy echocardiography

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

On echocardiography there is ventricular hypertrophy with deep recesses which tend to be located apically .

Ratio of Compacted to Non-Compacted Myocardium

• There are deep trabeculations in the ventricular wall
• There is systolic and diastolic dysfunction
• The left ventricular wall is thick with a two layered appearance
• The epicardial layer is compacted and thin and the endocardial layer is non-compacted and thick
• The ratio of the non-compacted endocardial layer to the epicardial layer is > 2.