[New echocardiographic para-apical technic for determining the size and thickness of the wall of the right ventricle in probands and patients with dilated cardiomyopathy].
To evaluate the right ventricular size and free wall thickness a new echocardiographic para-apical technique was developed. All cases were examined from the para-apical window in the extreme left lateral decubitus position, on a special mattress that allowed us to investigate the total apical region. The para-apical transducer position makes it possible to cut the right ventricle cross-sectionally in serial bread-loafing fashion from the apex to the base, like the left ventricle. In this way, using the M-mode technique, either diameters and/or right ventricular free wall thickness as well as shortening fraction could be estimated. To estimate the usefulness of the para-apical technique, a study was performed in 50 normal subjects as well as in 16 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. In all patients, standard views and the new para-apical view were performed. In five cases, contrast echocardiography of the heart was performed to verify the right-heart anatomy. In five patients, computer-tomography of the heart was performed to see the position of the right-heart chambers in the chest and to evaluate the new para-apical ultrasound window. The standard values for the right ventricle in the control group were (in mean values): diastolic diameter, 28.61 +/- 3.19 mm; systolic diameter, 19.10 +/- 2.40 mm; free wall thickness, 4.46 +/- 1.06 mm and shortening fraction, 32.42% +/- 4.02%. The examined parameters in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy were: diastolic diameter, mean value 38.63 +/- 5.80 mm; systolic diameter, mean value 32.48 +/- 4.96 mm; free wall thickness, mean value 8.70 +/- 1.05 mm and shortening fraction, mean value 15.96 +/- 4.02%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Dyczynski
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Innere Abteilung des Kreiskrankenhauses-Hessenklinik-, Weilburg.
Schweitzer
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L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D012016:Reference Values
Neue echokardiographische paraapikale Technik zur Bestimmung der Masse und der Dicke der Wand des rechten Ventrikels bei Probanden und Patienten mit dilatativer Kardiomyopathie.