title: Angiographic determination of left and right ventricular volumes and left ventricular mass in normal infants and children.
abstract: Left and right ventricular (LV and RV) volumes and LV mass were assessed by angiography in 63 infants and children without major cardiovascular abnormalities. LV and RV end-diastolic volumes (EDV) were excellently expressed as a function of body surface area (BSA) with an exponential equation: LVEDV = 83.7 (BSA)1.29 ml (r = 0.96, p < 0.001), RVEDV = 87.9 (BSA)1.29 ml (r = 0.94, p < 0.001). LV ejection fraction (EF) averaged 64 +/- 6 (mean +/- standard deviation) %, and RVEF 56 +/- 5%, each of which was independent of BSA. LV mass was well expressed as a function of BSA with an exponential equation: LV mass = 75.4 (BSA)1.22 g (r = 0.86, p < 0.001). LV mass/LVEDV was constant, and averaged 0.96 +/- 0.22 g/ml. Thus, the values of LVEDV, RVEDV, and LV mass in infants and children with various heart diseases may be estimated with reasonable accuracy as a percentage of normal values predicted from their BSA by using the above-proposed exponential equations. The normal values of LVEF, RVEF and LV mass/LVEDV themselves can be compared with these parameters in pediatric patients with heart diseases because of their independence of BSA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakasato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kikai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000790:Angiocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002932:Cineangiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*