title: A new method for evaluating right ventricular dimensions and volume by cineangiography.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to establish a new method to evaluate the right ventricular dimensions and volume. Biplane right ventriculography of steep left anterior oblique view (LAO) and right anterior oblique view perpendicular to LAO were performed in 32 patients. The right ventricular volume and ejection fraction calculated from the three axial dimensions of the right ventricular cavity (the septum-free wall dimension, the anterior-posterior dimension, and either the long axis dimension or the tricuspid valve-apex dimension at end-diastole and end-systole) were well correlated to those from Simpson's method. In conclusion, we developed a new method for estimating right ventricular dimensions and volume.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishigaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hozawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takishima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D002932:Cineangiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*