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Cardiac chamber measurements obtained by comprehensive echocardiography (CE) and by hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) |
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| Variables |
CE |
HCU |
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| Aorta (mm) |
28.7 ± 4.1 |
27.8 ± 4.2 |
| Left atrium (mm) |
45.5 ± 7.7 |
44.0 ± 7.5 |
| LVED (mm) |
57.1 ± 11.2 |
54.9 ± 10.7 |
| LVES (mm) |
44.4 ± 15.5 |
42.8 ± 10.7 |
| IVST (mm) |
10.0 ± 2.4 |
9.4 ± 2.4 |
| PWT (mm) |
9.6 ± 1.8 |
8.7 ± 1.7* |
| LVEF (%) |
47 ± 16 |
44 ± 15 |
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Data are mean ± SD. IVST = interventricular septal thickness; LVED = left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LFEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; LVES = left ventricular end-systolic diameter; PWT = posterior wall thickness. * p < 0.05 compared to CE. | ||
Tsutsui et al. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2004 2:24 doi:10.1186/1476-7120-2-24 |
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