title: [Comparison of echocardiographic and cardiac morphometric data in healthy persons and patients with heart failure of various origins].
abstract: The authors discuss the results of morphometric analysis in separate weighing of the heart and the results of echocardiographic examination of healthy subjects and patients who died from cardio-vascular insufficiency. Some indices characterizing the dimensions, volumes, and mass of the various parts of the heart of healthy individuals who died from accidental causes and of patients with left- and right-ventricular insufficiency are presented. It is shown that morphometry allows one not only to determine right- and left-ventricular insufficiency but to distinguish its compensated and decompensated forms. Comparison of the findings of morphometry and echocardiography showed a good correlation in determining the diameter of the aorta, the thickness of the wall of the left and right ventricles, and the mass of the left ventricle. No correlation in determining the volumes of the heart cavities was established on comparing the results of echocardiography with those of autopsy. In some cases a correlation was disclosed in determining the anteroposterior size of the orifice of the mitral valve.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009929:Organ Size
vernacular_title: Sopostavlenie dannykh ékhokardiografii i morfometrii serdtsa u zdorovykh lits i bol'nykh s serdechnoĭ nedostatochnost'iu raznogo proiskhozhdeniia.