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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN: III. Estimation of Left and Right Ventricular Size: a Compurison between Echocardiography and Angiocardiography
Author(s) -
LUNDSTRöM NILSRUNE,
MORTENSSON WIGHER
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04793.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , angiocardiography , cardiology , intracardiac injection , radiology
Abstract. Lundström, N.‐R. and Mortensson, W. (Departments of Pediatrics and Radiology, University of Lund, Sweden). Clinical applications of echocardiography in infants and children. III. Estimation of left and right ventricular size: a comparison between echocardiography and angiocardiography. Acta Paediat Scand, 63:257, 1974.–Intracardiac distances can be measured by echocardiography, which is a non‐invasive technique. The aim of the present study was to investigate if the size of the left and right ventricle could be estimated by echocardiography. This was accomplished by a comparison with angiocardiography. The left ventricular internal dimension measured by echocardiography was compared with the long axis of the left ventricle measured on an angiocardiogram in 60 patients. A comparison between a right ventricular dimension measured by echocardiography and the size of the right ventricle evaluated from an angiocardiogram was made in 84 patients. A fairly good positive correlation was found between the left ventricular internal dimension measured by echocardiography and the long axis of the left ventricle measured on the angiocardiogram (r=0.93). As regards right ventricular size, it was found that echocardiography could separate a right ventricle of normal size from a clearly enlarged right ventricle. The conclusion of this investigation is that the echocardiographic examination can serve as a useful, non‐invasive, semiquantitative method for the evaluation of left and right ventricular sizes in infants and children.