title: [Calculation of the left ventricular mass by means of angiography. Study in patients with and without hypertensive cardiopathy].
abstract: A modified Rackley et al technique for left ventricular mass calculations is applied to patients with concentric hypertrophy originated by hypertensive cardiopathy and to normal subjects. The values found in 8 normal subjects were 41 +/- 16 g/m2 of body surface and in 20 patients with hypertensive cardiopathy were 63 +/- 20 g/m2 (p = 0.01). The results obtained allow us to state that there is a clear difference between the ventricular mass of the two groups studied even though the values of ventricular volumes and of ventricular ejection fraction were not statistically significant in its variation.
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008433:Mathematics
vernacular_title: Calculo de la masa ventricular izquierda por medio de la angiografía. Estudio en pacientes con y sin cardiopatia hipertensiva.