A qualitative and quantitative study of the ventricles and great vessels of normal children

Cruz, María V. de la; Anselmi, G; Romero, A. Jiménez; Monroy, G

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“…It is particularly noteworthy that such progress has occurred despite a vacuum in anatomic details concerning the fetal heart and correlation of this information to prenatal echocardiographic data (De la Cruz et al, 1960;Schulz and Giordano, 1962;Van Meurs et al, 1977;Allan et al, 1980Allan et al, , 1984Allan et al, , 1997Alvarez et al, 1987Alvarez et al, , 1990Alvarez et al, , 1991Sun et al, 1999). It was this knowledge gap that led us to perform the present study using fetal hearts between the 13th and 20th weeks of gestation.…”

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“…In contrast, the medical literature contains few articles on cardiac anatomy in children, despite the importance that cardiac morphology plays in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease (De la Cruz et al, 1960;Schulz and Giordano, 1962;Rowlatt et al, 1963;Sinha et al, 1969;Van Meurs et al, 1977;Amoedo and Boleri, 1978;Bañ o et al, 1986).…”

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“…At present, there are only a few published studies that report direct morphometric data on the fetal heart and these are rather incomplete (De la Cruz et al, 1960;Sinha et al, 1969;Van Meurs et al, 1977;Alvarez et al, 1987Alvarez et al, , 1990Alvarez et al, , 1991. In light of the current state of knowledge in this field, it seemed of scientific interest to perform a quantitative analysis of normal fetal hearts to improve our knowledge and understanding of heart anatomy during prenatal development and to provide accurate reference information for fetal echocardiography.…”

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Morphometric study of the human fetal heart I. Arterial segment

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This study measured the dimensions of the great arteries of normal human fetal hearts at an early fetal stage (between 13-20 weeks post-fertilization) in 103 fetuses obtained by necropsy. Different segments of the aorta and the pulmonary artery were dissected and their external diameters measured under stereoscopic magnification. All segments showed linear growth during this period of fetal development. Ranges in median values of external diameters associated with the pulmonary artery were: 2.1-4.2 mm for the valve ring; 2.2-4.2 mm for the main pulmonary trunk; 1.2-2.5 mm for the right pulmonary artery; 0.9-2.18 mm for the left pulmonary artery; and 4.0-8.0 mm for the length of the main pulmonary trunk. Similarly, in the aorta, median diameters were: 2.1-4.2 mm for the ascending aorta; 1.92-3.8 mm for the aortic arch; 1.45-3.0 mm for the aortic isthmus; and 1.75 -3.35 mm for the descending aorta. The diameter of the ductus arteriosus ranged between 1.2-2.45 mm. The growth rates of the pulmonary artery and the aorta were similar. The diameter of the ascending aorta was found to be greater than that of the descending aorta and the right pulmonary artery was wider than the left pulmonary artery. In addition, the magnitude of growth in the various aortic segments was different and the ratios obtained between the aortic isthmus and the ascending and descending aortae, ranged between 0.66-0.93. This study provides important morphometric reference information concerning the dimensions and growth of the great arteries of the fetal heart and has clinical application in pediatric cardiac surgery and echocardiography.

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“…If this were to be proved in the future, the positivity of the A/P ratio in children might reflect that during this age the potentials of the left ventricle do not possess such a great predominancy as in adulthood, or, conversely, that the right ventricle potentials are more predominant [dc la Cruz et al, 1960). It may have a very important practical implication.…”

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Clinical Studies of Vectorcardiography in Children

Marini¹

1963

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“…As a matter of fact, normal values in childhood for the A/P ratio are more than one, reflecting that, during this period of life, left ventricular potentials do nol possess such a great predominancy as in adulthood, the value of the ratio between left ventricle-right ventricle anatomical masses increasing until 12 years of age (1).…”

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Clinical Studies of Vectorcardiography in Children

Marini¹

1963

Cardiology

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A qualitative and quantitative study of the ventricles and great vessels of normal children

Cited by 78 publications

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Morphometric study of the human fetal heart I. Arterial segment

Morphometric study of the human fetal heart I. Arterial segment

Clinical Studies of Vectorcardiography in Children

Clinical Studies of Vectorcardiography in Children

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