title: Two-dimensional echocardiographic right ventricle measurements adjusted to body mass index and surface area in a normal population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine reference echocardiographic values in a normal population and assess their correlation with body mass index (BMI) and body surface area.
  
  
  METHODS
  An expert cardiologist performed two-dimensional echocardiography with triplicate right ventricle (RV) size measurements in 80 subjects with normal heart condition. Results were correlated with anthropometric data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Base-to-apex length in four-chamber view (RVD3) and above-pulmonic valve in short-axis view in males, as well as mid-RV diameter in standard four-chamber view (RVD), basal RV diameter, and mid RV diameter in RV-focused four-chamber view in females, were significantly correlated with BMI. All RV variables were significantly correlated with BMI in 20-30-year-old subjects. All RV variables except RVD3 and above-aortic valve in short-axis view (proximal) were significantly correlated with BMI in 35-55-year-old subjects. All RV parameters were significantly correlated with body surface area, except for RVD and in 20-35-year-old subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RV echocardiographic values must be adjusted to anthropometric characteristics for proper diagnosis and management of cardiac disorders. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:204-210, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Masood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eslami
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farnoush
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Larti
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larry
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molaee
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Roya Sattarzadeh
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Badkoobeh
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Anahita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavoosi
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safari
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, End of Keshavarz Blv, Tehran, Iran, P.O. Box: 1419733141, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir Farhang Zand
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Parsa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000379:methods*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: BMI; BSA; echocardiography; normal population; right ventricle