Journal List > Korean Circ J > v.20(3) > 1072578

TOOLS
Kim, Lee, Sul, Lee, and Chin: Dimensions of Cardiac Chambers and Great Vessels by Cross-Sectional Echocardiography in Infants and Children
Original Article
Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Circulation Journal 1990; 20(3): 358-368.

Published online: 30 September 1990

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1990.20.3.358

Dimensions of Cardiac Chambers and Great Vessels by Cross-Sectional Echocardiography in Infants and Children

Ho Seong Kim, M.D., Jin Young Lee, M.D., Jun Hee Sul, M.D., Sung Kyu Lee, M.D., Dong Shik Chin, M.D.

Copyright © 1990 The Korean Society of Circulation

(open-access):

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

A total of 120 infants, children, and teenagers, who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Severance Hospital from April 1989 to August 1989, were examined by cross-sectional echocardiography. Right and left atrial and ventricular dimensions and areas were measured in the parasternal, apical, and subcostal views. Dimensions of the inferior caval vein, the pulmonary and the aorta were obtained in the parasternal, suprasternal, and subcostal views.
The results were as follows :
1) Statistical analysis showed no difference between boys and girls.
2) For all parameters, a positive linear correlation was found with age, height, weight, and body surface area. The best correlation was with body surface area.
3) The correlation was further improved if the logarithmic values of the measurements and body surface area were considered.
4) Measurements by cross-sectional echocardiography are clinically useful, especially in the study of the right-sided cardiac structures that are difficult to evaluate with M-mode echocardiography, but the problems of reproducibility have to be taken into account.

Keywords: Cross-Sectional echocardiography, Children, Chamber size, Normal values, Great vessels

TOOLS
Similar articles