Ultrasonic diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium in adults / 浙江大学学报·医学版
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
; (6): 188-190, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To apply echocardiography in diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of ventricular myocardium (INVM) in adults.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Six 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.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All 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.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Echocardiography should be the first choice to be applied in diagnosis of INVM, which is a distinct entity of specific cardiomyopathy in adults.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
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Heart Ventricles
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Cardiomyopathies
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Myocardium
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article