Age and gender specific normal values of left ventricular mass, volume and function for gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging: a cross sectional study.

• Knowledge about age-specific normal values for left ventricular mass (LVM), end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), stroke volume (SV) and ejection fraction (EF) by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is of importance to differentiate between health and disease and to assess the severity of disease. The aims of the study were to determine age and gender specific normal reference values and to explore the normal physiological variation of these parameters from adolescence to late adulthood, in a cross sectional study.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Radiologi och bildbehandling (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Adolescent

Adult

Age Distribution

Aged

Aged

80 and over

Child

Cross-Sectional Studies

Echo-Planar Imaging

statistics & numerical data

Female

Heart Ventricles

anatomy & histology

Humans

Male

Middle Aged

Organ Size

physiology

Reference Values

Reproducibility of Results

Sensitivity and Specificity

Sex Distribution

Stroke Volume

physiology

Sweden

epidemiology

Ventricular Function

Left

physiology

Young Adult

Aged, 80 and over

Ventricular Function, Left

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)