MRI morphological and functional method for clear distinction of patients with left ventricular non-compaction, inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy and physiological myocardial trabeculation

Methods 31 LVNC patients, defined by an MRI NCTC-ratio >2.3 in a 4-chamber view plus one additional parameter (fulfilment of echo-criteria, histology, genetic proof, invasive X-ray), 13 patients with histologically proven inflammatory DCMP as well as 117 male/female healthy volunteers were studied employing a vector-ECG gated multi-slice 2-, 3-, 4-chamber and short axis (SA) standard cine SSFP-sequence covering the entire left ventricle.