ABSTRACT
A method for diagnostics of systolic function of the right ventricle of the heart in patients with cardiovascular disease is proposed. Its application expands possibilities for detecting disorders of the discharge RV function using a conventional pulsed wave Doppler ultrasonography.
Subject(s)
Cardiovascular Diseases , Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Aged , Cardiovascular Diseases/classification , Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnosis , Cardiovascular Diseases/physiopathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Reproducibility of Results , Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed/methods , Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/diagnosis , Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/physiopathologyABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to analyze echocardiographic parameters in 143 healthy individuals aged 18-21 years with different somatotypes. The evaluation of somatotype was performed using the the method of R.N. Dorokhov and V.G. Petrukhin (1989). During the echocardiography, left ventricular wall thickness, internal diameter and myocardial mass were measured. The investigation showed marked sex- and somatotype-related differences in left ventricular parameters. The correlations between the studied left ventricular parameters and body mass, length and surface area were demonstrated. The optimal method of the indexation of left ventricular myocardial mass as related to (body length)3, is described.
