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dc.contributor.authorStøylen, Asbjørn
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Harald Edvard Mølmen
dc.contributor.authorDalen, Håvard
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-30T17:45:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-01T09:10:58Z
dc.date.available2016-10-30T17:45:54Z
dc.date.available2016-11-01T09:10:58Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationOpen Heart 2016, 3(2):e000465nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2053-3624
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2418473
dc.description.abstractBackground: We aimed to study left ventricular (LV) geometry assessed by length (LVWL), external diameter (LVEDD) and relative wall thickness (RWT) in relation to age, body size and gender in healthy individuals. Methods: 1266 individuals underwent echocardiography in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3), Norway. Septum thickness (IVS), posterior wall thickness (LVPWd) and end-diastolic internal diameter (LVIDD) were measured in M-mode, and LVEDD was calculated as the sum. Myocardial wall lengths were measured in a straight line from apex to the mitral ring in apical views at end diastole and averaged to LVWL. RWT ([IVSd+LVPWd]/LVIDD) and the ratio between length and diameter (L/D) were calculated. Results: Normal age-related and gender-related values are provided. Conventional measures conform to previous studies. All measures correlated with body surface area (BSA) (r 0.29–0.60), and BSA indexed values were higher in women. Wall thickness (WT) and LVEDD, but not LVIDD, were higher with higher age. LVWL and L/D were lower with increasing age, but L/D was independent of BSA and similar in women and men (1.41 vs 1.40). RWT correlated with BSA and age (r 0.17 and 0.34). Conclusions: LV WT increases and LVWL decreases with higher age. Excluding length in LV mass calculations increasingly overestimates mass with ageing. L/D is a BSA independent measure of LV age-related geometry and may be useful as a body size independent measure in LV hypertrophy. RWT depends on body size and age, and a single cut-off value is not warranted.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupnb_NO
dc.relation.urihttp://openheart.bmj.com/content/3/2/e000465.full.pdf+html
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 3.0 Norge*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/no/*
dc.titleImportance of length and external diameter in left ventricular geometry. Normal values from the HUNT Studynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.date.updated2016-10-30T17:45:54Z
dc.source.volume3nb_NO
dc.source.journalOpen Heartnb_NO
dc.source.issue2nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/openhrt-2016-000465
dc.identifier.cristin1395617
dc.description.localcodeThis is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/nb_NO


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