Left Ventricular Non-Compaction: Review of the Current Diagnostic Challenges and Consequences in Athletes

Giuseppe Femia; Christopher Semsarian; Samantha B Ross; David Celermajer; Rajesh Puranik

doi:10.3390/medicina56120697

Left Ventricular Non-Compaction: Review of the Current Diagnostic Challenges and Consequences in Athletes

Medicina (Kaunas). 2020 Dec 14;56(12):697. doi: 10.3390/medicina56120697.

Authors

Giuseppe Femia¹, Christopher Semsarian^{1

2}, Samantha B Ross^{1

3}, David Celermajer^{1

3}, Rajesh Puranik^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.
² Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology Centenary Institute, Camperdown 2050, Australia.
³ Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown 2050, Australia.

Abstract

Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a complex clinical condition with no diagnostic gold standard. At present, there is trepidation about the accuracy of the diagnosis, the correlation to clinical outcomes and the long-term medical management. This article reviews the current imaging criteria, the limitations of echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance and the consequences of LV hypertrabeculation in athletes.

Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance; echocardiography; left ventricular non-compaction.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Athletes
Echocardiography
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Isolated Noncompaction of the Ventricular Myocardium* / diagnostic imaging