IMR Press / RCM / Volume 23 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2304138
Open Access Review
Saw-Tooth Cardiomyopathy: the Evidence in the First Decade
Zhiyu Liu1,2,3Yingying Zheng1,2,3,*Jinying Zhang1,2,3,*
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1 Cardiology Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450052 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
2 Key Laboratory of Cardiac Injury and Repair of Henan Province, 450052 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
3 Henan Province Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, 450052 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
*Correspondence: jyzhang@zzu.edu.cn (Jinying Zhang); zhengying527@163.com (Yingying Zheng)
Academic Editor: Stefan Peters
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(4), 138; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2304138
Submitted: 9 December 2021 | Revised: 28 January 2022 | Accepted: 9 February 2022 | Published: 11 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Therapy)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Saw-tooth cardiomyopathy (STC), a rare form of left ventricular cardiomyopathy characterized by saw-tooth like myocardial projections extending from the lateral walls towards the ventricular cavity, is a newly discovered cardiomyopathy first described in 2009. Detailed cardiac magnetic resonance can demonstrate multiple dense myocardial protrusions originating from the inferior wall, interventricular septum and lateral ventricular walls, which differ from typical left ventricular noncompaction. STC case reports are increasing since the first discovery. A total of ten cases have been reported. This review focuses on the clinical presentation and imaging features of this disease and analyzes the latest evidence regarding STC. Furthermore, we summarize the clinical evidence from the current decade, which may enhance detection and diagnosis of this disease in the future.

Keywords
saw-tooth cardiomyopathy
cardiac magnetic resonance
left ventricular noncompaction
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