So about CRYPTS in absence of LVH (or very mild LVH)
Max Wall thickness polar map | MILD LVH
GENES! 🧬
REFERENCES!
1| Myocardial crypts as a preclinical sign of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | PMID 26052206
2| Multiple myocardial crypts on modified long-axis view are a specific finding in pre-hypertrophic HCM mutation carriers doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/…
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#WhyCMR for the right heart is challenging! You must FINE TUNE your sequences and ideally be at the console when scanning a possible ARVC
HI RES partial SAX (1.7x1.7x5 mm) post GAD
#WhyCMR SMALL TIPS for scanning the RV
- Slice thickness 4.5-6 mm 🍕
- Pixel 1.7 x 1.7 or less depending on your machine
-🔼Signal by going post-GAD 🥷
-🔼SNR by decreasing any acceleration method as much as tolerated by the patient (apnea time)
- 🔼Flip Angle to brighten blood
1/5 THREAD ⏬ old but STRIKING #Echofirst#WhyCMR#CardioTwitter case with a 😱😱😱😱 **** LGE! First #EchoFirst
18 y.o. male, Heart Failure👻NYHA IV in 3 months 📛 F/H: Mother died age 38 yo of sudden cardiac death.