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Analysis of left and right ventricular size and shape, as determined from human casts. Description of the method and its validation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  720365     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A method is described to produce life-like left and right ventricular casts of 22 human hearts and to store their surface coordinates on magnetic tape for the analysis of ventricular shape and of angiocardiographic volume determination methods. According to their shape, experienced cardiologists divided these casts into diastolic, systolic and intermediate subgroups. On the basis of X-ray silhouettes and computer-simulated projections, single-plane as well as biplane model volumes were calculated with the multiple-slices and the area--length methods for various ventricular orientations. The mean correction factors (CF), relating actual and model volumes vary considerably with respect to cardiac phase and orientation. The systolic CFs are smaller than the diastolic ones, their averaged ratio being 0.74 for the left and 0.86 for the right ventricular casts. In general, the reported CFs are smaller than those published by other authors, which is attributed to different cast-production procedures. The described method uses selective, equql, and simultaneous filling of both ventricles, which prevents an unphysiologic shift of the interventricular septum.
Authors:
P E Lange; D Onnasch; F L Farr; V Malerczyk; P H Heintzen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of cardiology     Volume:  8     ISSN:  0301-4711     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Cardiol     Publication Date:  1978 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1979-02-21     Completed Date:  1979-02-21     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404054     Medline TA:  Eur J Cardiol     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  431-48     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anthropometry / instrumentation,  methods*
Cardiac Volume*
Computers
Diastole
Heart / anatomy & histology*,  radiography
Humans
Models, Anatomic
Statistics as Topic
Systole
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