Abstract
Background Abundant, abnormal myocardial trabeculae define left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) but measurement is difficult and at least 5 techniques are described. We hypothesized that part of the reason for difficulties was that LV trabeculae were fractal in nature and beyond the simple geometry of 1 or 2 dimensional (2D) measurement. We designed and validated a new, rapid, clinically applicable method of measuring LV trabeculae based on fractal analysis. Methods We developed a fractal analysis technique for measuring LV trabeculation using CMR volume stack images. With no gold-standard for LV trabeculae, we validated the method on the actual compaction process itself
Highlights
Abundant, abnormal myocardial trabeculae define left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) but measurement is difficult and at least 5 techniques are described
We hypothesized that part of the reason for difficulties was that LV trabeculae were fractal in nature and beyond the simple geometry of 1 or 2 dimensional (2D) measurement
We designed and validated a new, rapid, clinically applicable method of measuring LV trabeculae based on fractal analysis
Summary
A new definition of left ventricular compaction/ noncompaction - the new gold-standard?. Gaby Captur1,5*, Andrew Flett, Andrea Barison, Robert Wilson, Daniel Sado, Christopher Cook, William J McKenna, Timothy J Mohun, Vivek Muthurangu, Perry Elliott, James Moon. From 16th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions San Francisco, CA, USA. From 16th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions San Francisco, CA, USA. 31 January - 3 February 2013
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