| Literature DB >> 6851047 |
N B Schiller, C G Skiôldebrand, E J Schiller, C C Mavroudis, N H Silverman, S H Rahimtoola, M J Lipton.
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).Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6851047 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.68.1.210
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Circulation ISSN: 0009-7322 Impact factor: 29.690