Study of the normal heart size in Northwest part of Iranian population: a cadaveric study

Mohammadi, Shabnam; Hedjazi, Arya; Sajjadian, Maryam; Ghoroubi, Naser; Mohammadi, Maryam; Erfani, Saeed

doi:10.15171/jcvtr.2016.25

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“…According to Gray's Anatomy, the heart length and width are 12 cm and 8.5 cm [12]. More recently, length and width have been investigated in different age groups in the Iranian population, with mean values of 11.41 ± 2.15 cm and 8.21 ± 4.38 cm, respectively [23].…”

Section: Definition Of Normal Heart In Relation To Hypertrophymentioning

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Cardiac hypertrophy at autopsy

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Since cardiac hypertrophy may be considered a cause of death at autopsy, its assessment requires a uniform approach. Common terminology and methodology to measure the heart weight, size, and thickness as well as a systematic use of cut off values for normality by age, gender, and body weight and height are needed. For these reasons, recommendations have been written on behalf of the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology. The diagnostic work up implies the search for pressure and volume overload conditions, compensatory hypertrophy, storage and infiltrative disorders, and cardiomyopathies. Although some gross morphologic features can point to a specific diagnosis, systematic histologic analysis, followed by possible immunostaining and transmission electron microscopy, is essential for a final diagnosis. If the autopsy is carried out in a general or forensic pathology service without expertise in cardiovascular pathology, the entire heart (or pictures) together with mapped histologic slides should be sent for a second opinion to a pathologist with such an expertise. Indication for postmortem genetic testing should be integrated into the multidisciplinary management of sudden cardiac death.

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Section: Definition Of Normal Heart In Relation To Hypertrophymentioning

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Cardiac hypertrophy at autopsy

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“…The 2 nd most common tricuspid circumference was between 8.5 -9.5 cm (20 %) which was also reported by some other observer, 24 while the values obtained by some authors were found to be higher. 11,27 The difference in these values could be because of the different method applied by them where they used the image J software.…”

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Measurement of the Tricuspid and the Mitral Valve in Adult Human Heart: A Cadaveric Study

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The human heart valve is an integral structure and the valvular heart disease is one of the most common disease of the heart. Such cardiac disease require repair of the valve and valve replacement surgery where the patient’s diseased valve is replaced by a prosthetic valve. The aim of this study was to measure the annular circumferences and diameters of tricuspid and mitral valves in cadavers. A morphometric study was conducted in Department of Anatomy at Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital where total 50 cadaveric hearts were taken up for the study. The tricuspid and the mitral valves were exposed by dissection method. Measurements were taken by using a thread and a digital vernier caliper and obtained data were analysed by using SPSS-16. The mean, frequency and standard deviation of circumferences and diameters of both tricuspid and the mitral valves were analysed and were found as (a) The mean annular circumference of tricuspid valve was 11.22 ± 0.20 cm (b) The mean diameter of tricuspid valve was 2.33 ± 0.04 cm. (c) The mean annular circumference of mitral valve was 9.22 ± 1.49 cm (d) the mean diameter of mitral valve was 2.01 ± 0.27 cm. There were few literatures available on the study of cadaveric heart valves in Nepal thus this study will provide a guideline to the clinicians, radiologists and also to cardiothoracic surgeons performing various valve surgeries to assess the prosthetic valve of appropriate size and to the anthropologists also to maintain a standardized data on cardiac valves as well.

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“…This type of anthropometric data are a prerequisite for the accurate interpretation of echocardiography, ante-mortem and post-mortem cardiac MRI and CT [10][11][12], surgical reconstruction and repair of the heart and valves [18,19] and interpretation of cardiac measurements in pathological and medico-legal autopsies. There appears to be a geographical/racial variation on the norms of measurements for the heart and it was proven in most of the studies done in other countries [20][21][22] as well as in Sri Lanka [18,19]. Data on normal cardiac anthropometric measurements for the Sri Lankan population are scarce and scanty.…”

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An Autopsy Study of the Quantitative Anatomy of Human Heart

Raveendran

Vidanapathirana

Hulathduwa

2021

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There is no uniformity in obtaining anthropological measurements of the heart. Measurementsvary according to the methods used by different authors. The normality standard for organ weights should be established in a specific reference sample for each population, as the normality values can be different under genetic and environmental influences. This study is aimed to determine the average values of quantitative anatomy of the adult heart for the Sri Lanka population using autopsy data with an attempt to determine the relationship with sociodemographic factors such as the body weight, age, gender and the body length. Designed as a descriptive cross-sectional prospective study, it was performed on fresh (unfixed) adult hearts recovered at medico-legal autopsy on deaths due to non-cardiac natural causes and miscellaneous unnatural causes for a period of one year. Systematic consecutive sampling method was used from September 2018 to September 2019. Only 122 samples (68 males and 54 females) were included from among 282 adult hearts collected during this period due to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. Average weight of the heart, thicknesses of the inter-ventricular septum, free wall of the left ventricle and right ventricle for males and females were 296.1 g, 236.85 g, 9.71 mm, 9.52 mm, 1.28 cm, 1.19 cm and 3.41mm, 3.02mm respectively. Male heart weight, interventricular septal thickness and other findings were compatible with contemporary Eastern studies. Significant association was demonstrated in the wall thickness of right ventricle with gender (P- value being 0.038). Large scales multi centered studies to find out the normality standard for heart measurements in Sri Lankan population are recommended.

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Study of the normal heart size in Northwest part of Iranian population: a cadaveric study

Cited by 19 publications

References 16 publications

Cardiac hypertrophy at autopsy

Cardiac hypertrophy at autopsy

Measurement of the Tricuspid and the Mitral Valve in Adult Human Heart: A Cadaveric Study

An Autopsy Study of the Quantitative Anatomy of Human Heart

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