Prevalence of Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Newborns by Echocardiography: Is This the Most Accurate Approach?

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jun;15(6):e014416. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014416. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

Authors

Jeffrey A Towbin¹, Jason N Johnson¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.

PMID: 35727873
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014416

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cardiomyopathy; fetal development; myocardium; newborn; prevalence.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Echocardiography
Heart Defects, Congenital*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium* / diagnostic imaging
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium* / epidemiology
Prevalence