[Standardized morphometric studies of the right pulmonary artery in the suprasternal M-mode echocardiogram in childhood].
236 children of all age-groups, without any evidence of cardiopulmonary disease, underwent measurement of the diameters of the right pulmonary artery (RPA) in the suprasternal M-mode echocardiogram with respect to the characteristic motion pattern of the RPA. Since a high correlation was found between these diameters and height (r = 0.94; y = 1.66 square root X - 6.19), the children were divided into 9 sub-groups according to height, and mean values were calculated for all parameters in each sub-group. The systolic expansion of the RPA ranged from 18% to 30% within groups and correlated only weakly to height (r = 0.28). Suprasternal echocardiographic standards for measurement of the RPA may enhance the usefulness of this echocardiographic approach in pediatrics.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012015:Reference Standards; D012016:Reference Values
Standardisierte morphometrische Untersuchung der rechten Pulmonalarterie im suprasternalen M-Mode-Echokardiogramm im Kindesalter.