title: Quantification of left ventricular myocardial mass in humans by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: The ability of NMRI to assess LV mass was studied in 20 normal males. By means of a 1.5 Tesla GE superconducting magnet and a standard spin-echo pulse sequence, multiple gated short-axis and axial slices of the entire left ventricle were obtained. LV mass was determined by Simpson's rule with the use of a previous experimentally validated method. The weight of the LV apex (subject to partial volume effect in the short-axis images) was derived from axial slices and that of the remaining left ventricle from short-axis slices. The weight of each slice was calculated by multiplying the planimetered surface area of the LV myocardium by slice thickness and by myocardial specific gravity (1.05). Mean +/- standard deviation of LV mass and LV mass index were 146 +/- 23.1 gm (range 92.3 to 190.4 gm) and 78.4 +/- 7.8 gm/m2 (range 57.7 to 89.4 gm/m2), respectively. Interobserver agreement as assessed by ICC was high for determining 161 individual slice masses (ICC = 0.99) and for total LV mass (ICC = 0.97). Intraobserver agreement for total LV mass was also high (ICC = 0.96). NMRI-determined LV mass correlated with body surface area: LV mass = 55 + 108 body surface area, r = 0.83; with body weight: LV mass = 26 + 0.77 body weight, r = 0.82; and with body height: LV mass = 262 +/- 5.9 body height, r = 0.75. Normal limits were developed for these relationships. NMRI-determined LV mass as related to body weight was in agreement with normal limits derived from autopsy literature data.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ostrzega
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maddahi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Crues
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Resser
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Charuzi
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size