The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
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A New Method for Evaluating Right Ventricular Dimensions and Volume by Cineangiography
Hidehiko IshigakiKunio ShiratoMasahito SakumaYoshichika OikawaAtsushi KatohMakoto NakagawaHidenari HozawaKohtaroh KomakiYoshito YamamotoTamotu Takishima
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1996 Volume 180 Issue 4 Pages 289-296

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The aim of the present study was to establish a new method to evaluate the right ventricular dimensions and volume. Biplane right ventriculography of steep left anterior oblique view (LAO) and right anterior oblique view perpendicular to LAO were performed in 32 patients. The right ventricular volume and ejection fraction calculated from the three axial dimensions of the right ventricular cavity (the septum-free wall dimension, the anterior-posterior dimension, and either the long axis dimension or the tricuspid valve-apex dimension at end-diastole and end-systole) were well correlated to those from Simpson's method. In conclusion, we developed a new method for estimating right ventricular dimensions and volume.
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