Title: Consider Cardiac, Neuromuscular, and Hereditary Aspects of Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation or Noncompaction
Abstract: We read the article by Ronderos et al 1 Ronderos R. Avegliano G. Borelli E. Kuschnir P. Castro F. Sanchez G. Perea G. Corneli M. Zanier M.M. Andres S. Aranda A. Conde D. Trivi M. Estimation of prevalence of the left ventricular noncompaction among adults. Am J Cardiol. 2016; 118: 901-905 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (16) Google Scholar about the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrabeculation or noncompaction (LVHT) in adults. We have the following questions and concerns: ReplyAmerican Journal of CardiologyVol. 120Issue 3PreviewWe are very honored with the opportunity to discuss the comments from Drs. Stollberger and Finsterer about the publication “Estimation of Prevalence of the Left Ventricular Non Compaction Among Adults.”1 We agree about the impact of ethnicity in the prevalence of left ventricular noncompaction myocardium (LVNC), but African-Americans are quite rare in Argentina. In our population, African-Americans were not involved. Despite it is difficult to define ethnicity in an exact and proper manner, all patients were white and mostly Caucasians. Full-Text PDF Estimation of Prevalence of the Left Ventricular Noncompaction Among AdultsAmerican Journal of CardiologyVol. 118Issue 6PreviewThe prevalence of left ventricular noncompacted myocardium (LVNC) is not clearly defined yet. The goal of this study was to prospectively assess the prevalence of LVNC in a population of patients assessed for cardiovascular disease and to analyze the coincidence between observers using the echocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of LVNC. We included patients prospectively during a 1-year period. To analyze the concordance between different observers, we performed a blind analysis of 50 patients between 7 operators to calculate Kappa index for each criteria. Full-Text PDF
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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