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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
. 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.