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Chapter 7: References 143
References
LVDS=LeftVentricularDimension
atSystole
LVEDV=(7.0*LVDD
3
)/(2.4+LVDD)
where: LVEDV=LeftVentricularEnd
DiastolicVolume
LVDD=LeftVentricularDimension
atDiastole
Left Ventricular Mass in gm
Oh,J.K.,J.B.Seward,A.J.Tajik.TheEchoManual.
2ndEdition,Boston:Little,BrownandCompany,
(1999),39.
LVMass=1.04[(LVID+PWT+IVST)
3
LVID
3
]*
0.8+0.6
where: LVID=InternalDimension
PWT=PosteriorWallThickness
IVST=InterventricularSeptal
Thickness
1.04=Specificgravityofthe
myocardium
0.8=Correctionfactor
Left Ventricular Volume: Biplane Method in
ml
Schiller,N.B.,P. M . Shah,M.Crawford,et.al.
“RecommendationsforQuantitationoftheLeft
VentriclebyTwoDimensional
Echocardiography.”JournalofAmericanSocietyof
Echocardiography.SeptemberOctober1989,2:362.
where: V=Volumeinml
a=Diameter
b=Diameter
n=Numberofsegments(n=20)
L=Length
i=Segment
Left Ventricular Volume: Single Plane
Method in ml
Schiller,N.B.,P. M . Shah,M.Crawford,et.al.
“RecommendationsforQuantitationoftheLeft
VentriclebyTwoDimensional
Echocardiography.”JournalofAmericanSocietyof
Echocardiography.SeptemberOctober1989,2:362.
where: V=Volume
a=Diameter
n=Numberofsegments(n=20)
L=Length
i=Segment
Left Ventricular Dimension (LVD) Fractional
Shortening, percent
Oh,J.K.,J.B.Seward,A.J.Tajik.TheEchoManual.
Boston:Little,BrownandCompany,(1994),
4344.
LVDFS=((LVDDLVDS)/LVDD)*100%
where: LVDD=LeftVentricleDimensionat
Diastole
LVDS=LeftVentricleDimensionat
Systole
Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Fractional
Thickening (LVPWFT), percent
Laurenceau,J.L.,M.C.Malergue.TheEssentialsof
Echocardiography.LeHague:MartinusNijhoff,
(1981),71.
LVPWFT=((LVPWSLVPWD)/LVPWD)*100%
where: LVPWS=LeftVentricularPosterior
WallThicknessatSystole
LVPWD=LeftVentricularPosterior
WallThicknessatDiastole
Mean Velocity (Vmean) in cm/s
Vmean=meanvelocity
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