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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Discrepancies in reported reference values for left ventricular (LV) dimensions and mass may be due to imaging errors with early echocardiographic methods or effects of subject characteristics and inclusion criteria. To determine whether contemporary echocardiographic methods provide stable normal limits for left ventricular measurements in different populations, M-mode/2-dimensional echocardiography was applied in 176 American Indian participants in the Strong Heart Study and 237 New York City residents who were clinically normal. No consistent difference in any measure of LV size or function existed between populations. Upper normal limits (98th percentile) for LV mass were 96 g/m(2) in women and 116 g/m(2) in men and 3.27 cm/m for LV chamber diameter normalized for height. Thus contemporary M-mode/2D echocardiography provides reference ranges for LV measurements that approximate necropsy measurements and have acceptable stability in apparently normal white, African-American/Caribbean, and American Indian populations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0894-7317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
601-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11391289-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Arizona, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Echocardiography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Indians, North American, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Life Style, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-New York City, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-North Dakota, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Oklahoma, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-South Dakota, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Urban Population, pubmed-meshheading:11391289-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Reference values for echocardiographic measurements in urban and rural populations of differing ethnicity: the Strong Heart Study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.