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Figure 1 Mid-ventricular short-axis view of an echocardiographic recording (left) showing septal, inferior and lateral hypertrabeculation and a two-layered structure of the left ventricular myocardium, indicative of noncompaction. The corresponding nongated 13N-ammonia scan (right) shows lateral and inferior irregularities. PET = positron emission tomography.