title: Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac chamber size and functional performance in swine.
abstract: Ninety nonanesthetized 7- to 16-week-old pigs were studied, using 2-dimensional echocardiography that permits orientation of a targeted M-mode beam perpendicular to structures being studied and allows serial studies of the same cardiac regions. Normative data were obtained and included body weight and measurements of left atrial diameter, mitral valve excursion, aortic root diameter, left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters, and left ventricular fractional shortening. A positive correlation was found between body weight and measurements of left atrial diameter, mitral valve excursion, aortic root diameter, left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters, and fractional shortening. A correlation was found between body weight and age. Best-fit analysis resulted in all measurements fitting either a first- or second-degree polynomial.
authors.affiliation: Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gwathmey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Come
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Abelmann
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000502:physiology; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D016276:Ventricular Function