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Table 3 Performance of the percentage of the trabeculated myocardial volume, the apex/C ratio, and the NC/septum ratio for left ventricular non-compaction diagnosis from receiver operating characteristic curve analysis according to Jenni’s method for CMR and Petersen’s CMR criteria

From: Quantification of left ventricular trabeculae using cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction: evaluation of trabecular volume and refined semi-quantitative criteria

Refined CMR criteria

Standard references

Area under curve [CI]

Specificity (%)[CI]

Sensitivity (%)[CI]

TV (%LV)

34.6 %

Jenni’s

0.843 [0.760-0.926]

89.7 [72.6 - 97.8]

66.1 [52.6 - 77.9]

32.3 %

Petersen’s

0.894 [0.826-0.962]

90.3 [74.2 - 98.0]

79.0 [66.1 - 88.6]

Apex/C ratio

3.15

Jenni’s

0.820 [0.732-0.907]

93.1 [77.2 - 99.2]

69.5 [56.1 - 80.8]

3.11

Petersen’s

0.849 [0.769-0.930]

93.6 [78.6 - 99.2]

73.7 [60.3 - 84.5]

NC/septum ratio

1.27

Jenni’s

0.750 [0.638-0.863]

82.8 [64.2 - 94.2]

57.6 [44.1 - 70.4]

1.05

Petersen’s

0.892 [0.822-0.962]

80.7 [62.5 - 92.5]

87.7 [76.3 - 94.9]

  1. C compacted, apex apical trabeculation thickness, NC non-compacted, septum septal wall thickness, TV (%LV) percentage of trabeculated myocardial volume over left ventricular myocardial volume