| Normal Values of Left Ventricular Mass by Echocardiography in Korean Children |
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Eun A Kim1, Chun Soo Kim2, Geun Soo Park2, Myung Sung Kim2, Sang Lak Lee2, Joon Sik Kim2, Tae Chan Kwon2 |
1Andong Presbyterian Hospital, Andong, Korea
2Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea |
| 정상 소아에서 심초음파로 측정한 좌심실 질량 |
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김은아1, 김천수2, 박근수2, 김명성2, 이상락2, 김준식2, 권태찬2 |
1안동성소병원 소아과
2계명대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
Purpose
: Determination of left ventricular myocardial mass with echocardiography is
feasible and validated. American Society of Echocardiography(ASE) issued recommendations for the quantitation of the left ventricle by M-mode echocardiography. The purpose of this study is to determine the mean value of left ventricular mass in Korean children.
Methods
: We measured left ventricular mass in 498 subjects(male 289, female 209)
using ASE cube method with correction in M-mode method.
Results
: 1) The mean value of left ventricular mass corrected by body surface area are respectively: 54.87¡¾27.45 gm/m2 in Korean male children, and 49.57¡¾23.16 gm/m2 in Korean female children, by echocardiography in accordance with the ASE convention.
2) The leftventricular mass correlated well with the left ventricular end-diastolic
dimension, interventricular septal thickness, left ventricular posterior wall thickness, and leftventricular end-diastolic volume.
Conclusion
: These normal values shoud provide a valuable database for further
studies of the development of left ventricular mass in patients with various cardiac
abnormalities. |
| Key Words:
Normalvalue, Left ventricular mass, Echocardiography |
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