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Determination of Right Ventricular Wall Thickness by Echocardiogram FREE

Ravi Prakash, MD; Paul Lindsay, MD
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JAMA. 1978;239(7):638-640. doi:10.1001/jama.1978.03280340058022
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Right ventricular wall-thickness measurements were performed by echocardiography and at necropsy in 25 patients. Correlations were made and found to be good in all subjects (r=.82). The echocardiographic technique was successful in separating nine patients with right ventricular hypertrophy from 16 patients without right ventricular hypertrophy at necropsy. The diagnosis of right ventricular hypertrophy by ECG correlated poorly with necropsy and echocardiographic findings. Right ventricular wall thickness can be accurately measured by echocardiography.

(JAMA 239:638-640, 1978)

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Arcilla RA, Mathew R, Sodt P, et al:  Right ventricular mass estimation by angio-echocardiography . Catheterization Cardiovasc Diagnosis 2:125-136, 1976;.
Allenstein BJ, Mori H:  Evaluation of electrocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular hypertrophy based on autopsy comparison . Circulation 21:401-412, 1960;.
Selzer A, York E, Naruse DY, et al:  Electrocardiographic fingings in 500 cases with hypertrophy of cardiac ventricles . Am J Med Sci 240:543-550, 1960;.
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Solinger R, Elbl F, Minhas K:  Echocardiography in the normal neonate . Circulation 47:108-118, 1973;.
Goldberg SJ, Allen HD, Sahn DJ: Pediatric and Adolescent Echocardiography . Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers Inc, 1975;.
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Arcilla RA, Mathew R, Sodt P, et al:  Right ventricular mass estimation by angio-echocardiography . Catheterization Cardiovasc Diagnosis 2:125-136, 1976;.
Allenstein BJ, Mori H:  Evaluation of electrocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular hypertrophy based on autopsy comparison . Circulation 21:401-412, 1960;.
Selzer A, York E, Naruse DY, et al:  Electrocardiographic fingings in 500 cases with hypertrophy of cardiac ventricles . Am J Med Sci 240:543-550, 1960;.
Flowers NC, Horan LG:  Hypertrophy and infarction , in Schlant RC, Hurst JW (eds): Advances in Electrocardiography . New York, Grune & Stratton Inc. 1972;, pp 297-308.
Allen HD, Goldberg SJ, Sahn DJ, et al:  A quantitative echocardiographic study of champion childhood swimmers . Circulation 55:142-145, 1977;.
Hagan AD, Deely WJ, Sahn D, et al:  Echocardiographic criteria for normal newborn infants . Circulation 48:1221-1226, 1973;.
Solinger R, Elbl F, Minhas K:  Echocardiography in the normal neonate . Circulation 47:108-118, 1973;.
Goldberg SJ, Allen HD, Sahn DJ: Pediatric and Adolescent Echocardiography . Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers Inc, 1975;.
Epstein M, Goldberg SJ, Allen HD, et al:  Great vessels, cardiac chamber and wall growth patterns in normal children . Circulation 51:1124-1129, 1975;.
Romhilt DW, Estes EH Jr:  A point-score system for the ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy . Am Heart J 75:752-758, 1969;.
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