Diagnostic and prognostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies

Table 3 Differential diagnosis of LV hypertrophy according to LGE pattern

	HTN	AS	HCM	Amyloidosis	Anderson-Fabry
*Pattern of hypertrophy*	Concentric	Concentric	Localised	Concentric	Concentric
*Localisation of LGE*	Any segment	Basal segments	Hypertrophied segments mainly	Circumferential	Basal inferolateral wall
*Pattern of LGE*	Non-specific Focal Non-subendocardial	Non-specific Patchy sub-endocardial or mid-wall	Patchy and/or LV-RV insertion points	Myocardial nulling difficult Diffuse sub-endocardial or sub-epicardial or Mid-wall	Patchy Mid-wall

HTN states for hypertension, AS for aortic stenosis, HCM : hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, LGE for late gadolinium enhancement.

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