Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy: what do we know?

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Noncompaction is a rare and primary genetic cardiomyopathy affecting the left ventricle. The diagnosis is usually established by echocardiography, or, less frequently, by left ventriculography. Cardiac magnetic resonance and electrocardiography-gated multi-detector computed tomography are evolving noninvasive modalities to image cardiac structures, and have the utility to detect noncompacted myocardium. Estimates...

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