Chin et al5 | Echocardiography |
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X/Y ratio ≤0.5 (when measured at end-diastole from parasternal short axis view or apical view)
X=distance between epicardial surface and trough of the trabecular recesses (compacted layer of LV)
Y=distance between epicardial surface and peak of trabeculation (total thickness of LV) -
Two layered structure of myocardium comprising of compacted layer and non-compacted layer
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Jenni et al42 | Echocardiography |
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Absence of coexisting cardiovascular abnormalities -
Maximum end-systolic ratio of NC to C layers is >2 -
Predominant localisation of abnormalities in mid-lateral, apical and mid-inferior areas -
Colour Doppler evidence of deeply perfused intertrabecular recesses
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Stollberger et al43–45* | Echocardiography |
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>3 Trabeculations arising from LV wall, apically to papillary muscles and visible in one echocardiographic image plane at end-diastole -
Trabeculations form the NC part of a two-layered myocardial structure, best visible at end-systole -
Intertrabecular spaces perfused from the ventricular cavity, as visualized with the colour Doppler echocardiography -
Trabeculations move synchronously with C myocardium
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Petersen et al46 | MRI | Ratio of NC/C layer >2.3 (when measured in end-diastole) |
Belanger et al47 | Echocardiography | Classified as none, mild, moderate and severe based on: A. NC/C ratio B. LVNC area |
Jacquier et al48 | MRI | LV trabeculated area >20% of global LV mass (when measured in end-diastole) |
Paterick et al49 | Echocardiography | -
Evaluation of the trabeculations’ sizes (NC myocardium) to C wall thicknesses in multiple imaging windows and at different ventricular levels throughout the cardiac cycle -
Identification of the bilayered myocardium (C and NC) in the short-axis views at the mid- and apical levels and in the apical 2- and 4-chamber views and apical long-axis views -
Thickness of C and NC sections of myocardium in short-axis views at end-diastole with NC/C ratio >2 being diagnostic of NCCM -
Abnormal ventricular function and abnormal myocardial mechanics
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Melendez-Ramirez et al50 | CT scan† | NC/C ratio ≥2.2 in ≥2 myocardial segments |