Analysis of myocardial texture in patients with isolated left ventricular noncompaction
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Aim: Videodensitometric myocardial texture analysis (VMTA) has been widely used to investigate left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in various cardiac disorders. Patients with isolated left ventricular noncompaction (IVNC) experience an undulating decline in LV function. The aim of this study was to assess the value of VMTA for evaluating deterioration of LV function in this patient group.
Material and Methods: Twenty-two patients with IVNC (10 asymptomatic [preserved LV function], 12 symptomatic [LV dysfunction]) and 12 healthy controls were evaluated. Videodensitometry was used to record background-corrected mean gray levels (BC-MGL) for 2 regions of the mid-basal LV wall (the interventricular septum [IVS] and the posterior wall [PW]) at end-systole and end-diastole. The cyclic variation (CV) index for each region was calculated according to the formula, CV index % = ([BC-MGLend-diastole – BC-MGLend-systole] ÷ BC-MGLend-diastole) × 100.
Results: The mean IVS-CV index in the symptomatic IVNC group (12.3 ± 4.9%) was significantly lower than the corresponding findings in the asymptomatic IVNC group (32.3 ± 14.8%, p < 0.05) and control group (36.6 ± 12.1%, p < 0.001). The mean PW-CV index in the symptomatic group (15.1 ± 5.5%) was also significantly lower than the corresponding values in the asymptomatic (27.0 ± 10.4%, p < 0.05) and control groups (28.8 ± 10.9%, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: VMTA is a practical, useful adjunct to conventional echocardiography for assessing LV
myocardium in patients with IVNC. Detection of reduced CV index values might
predict the early stages of LV deterioration in this group.
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Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
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Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
21 Mart 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
24 Ocak 2019
Kabul Tarihi
31 Ocak 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1