title: Echocardiography in the diagnosis left ventricular noncompaction.
abstract: Echocardiography is the method of choice to establish a diagnosis and determine a treatment plan for patients with noncompaction of ventricular myocardium (NVM). The 2-dimentional echocardiography, 3-dimentional echocardiography, color Doppler echocardiography and contrast-enhanced echocardiography are of critical importance for diagnosis and family screening of NVM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China. zezhou_song@126.com
authors.forename: Ze-Zhou
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*