title: Size of the valves and thicknesses of anterior walls of the ventricles of the adult Indian hearts.
abstract: The heart weight, sizes of the aortic, pulmonary, tricuspid and mitral valves and thicknesses of the anterior walls of the two ventricles were measured in normal hearts obtained from 350 male and 150 female medicolegal autopsy subjects belonging to Chandigarh zone of Northwest India and varying in age from 18 to 70 years. All the measurements were found to be smaller than those recorded in the Western population. They were also smaller in the females than in the males. The measurements increased with advancing age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sahni
authors.lastname: Indarjit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D012016:Reference Values