A 39 year-old woman was diagnosed by non-invasive imaging techniques as having isolated ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Cardiovascular magnetic ...

The thickness of the compacted layer was 22% of the left ventricular lateral wall. Virtual cardioscopy (Advantage Windows 4.3; General Electric Medical Systems, Paris, France) along the axis from the ...

snu.ac.kr Objective: Left ventricular (LV) apical rotation significantly contributes to LV twist, which has been reported to have a vital role in maintaining LV systolic and diastolic function. Apical ...

ECG showed normal sinus rhythm. Transthoracic echocardiography showed marked trabeculation of the apical lateral segments (figure 1). Cardiac MRI confirmed these trabeculations with no diagnostic ...

[65] This study assessed quality of life after 3 months of apical or outflow tract pacing and included 103 patients with heart failure, chronic atrial fibrillation, and left ventricular ejection ...

All patients gave informed consent to be included in our study. Apical aneurysms were diagnosed on preoperative transthoracic echocardiography, on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, or by visual ...