Left ventricular (LV) hypertrabeculation
Left ventricular (LV) hypertrabeculation is defined by the presence of three or more trabeculations apically and up to the level of papillary muscles, seen in one echocardiographic view.
It can be distinguished from left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) by the absence of thin compacted myocardial layer.
Hypertrabeculation of LV can be a benign finding but can also be associated with left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
LVNC is distinguished from hypertrabeculation by the extensive non-compacted endocardial layer with prominent hypertrabeculations and a thin compacted myocardial layer.
The echo lady; Lorena De Vanna, is a cardiac and respiratory physiologist graduated from the Central University of Venezuela.
She currently holds British Society of Echocardiography accreditation and works as a Chief cardiac Scenographer in England.