Abstract

This study was designed to develop a two-dimensional echocardiographic method of measuring the mass of the left ventricle. The general formula for an ellipse was used to derive an algorithm that described the shell volume of concentric truncated ellipsoids. In 10 canine left ventricular two-dimensional echocardiograms, this algorithm accurately predicted postmortem left ventricular mass (r = .98, SEE +/- 6 g) and was independent of cardiac cycle phase (systole vs diastole, r = .92).

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MedicineVentricleCardiologySystoleConcentricCardiac cycleDiastoleEllipseInternal medicineEllipsoidCardiac VentricleAnatomyGeometryMathematicsPhysicsBlood pressure

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Year
1983
Type
article
Volume
68
Issue
1
Pages
210-216
Citations
154
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Nelson B. Schiller, Claes G. Skiöldebrand, Eric Schiller et al. (1983). Canine left ventricular mass estimation by two-dimensional echocardiography.. Circulation , 68 (1) , 210-216. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.68.1.210

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10.1161/01.cir.68.1.210