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Echocardiographic determination of left ventricular mass in man. Anatomic validation of the method.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  138494     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An accurte echocardiographic (E) method for determination of left ventricular mass (LVM) was derived from systematic analysis of the relationship between the antemortem left ventricular echogram and postmortem anatomic LVM in 34 adults with a wide range of anatomic LVM (101-505 g). No subject had massive myocardial infarction, ventricular aneurysm, severe right ventricular volume overload or hypertrophic cardiography. The best method for LVM-E identified combined cube function geometry with a modified convention for determination of left ventricular internal dimension (LVID), posterior wall thickness (PWT), and interventricular septal thickness (IVST), which excluded the thickness of endocardial echo lines from wall thicknesses and included the thickness of left septal and posterior wall endocardial echo lines in LVID (Penn Convention, P). By this method, anatomic LVM = 1.04 ([LVIDp + PWTp + IVSTp]3--[LVIDp]3) -- 14 g; r = 0.96, SD= 29 g, N= 34. Standard echo measurements gave less accurate results, as did previously reported methods for LVM-E. LVM-Dp is an accurate, widely applicable method for the study of left ventricular hypertrophy.
Authors:
R B Devereux; N Reichek
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  55     ISSN:  0009-7322     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  1977 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1977-04-30     Completed Date:  1977-04-30     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  613-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Cardiomegaly / diagnosis*
Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Heart Ventricles / anatomy & histology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

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