Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Table 2 Published reference data for right heart size/volume

From: Reference intervals for the echocardiographic measurements of the right heart in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Measurement	Boettler[45]	Bonatto[9]	Daubeney[17]	Gutgesell[20]	Hanseus[46]	Ichida[38]	Innelli[22]	Jin[23]	Kampmann[14]	King[24]	Lange[48]	Lester[39]	Matsui[49]	Norgard[51]	Pettersen[29]	Shedeed[40]	Singh[41]	Suleymanoglu[6]	Vignola[12]	Wessel[57]	Zilberman[35]
Right atrium
Width					x		x
Length					x
Area					x
Tricuspid valve
Area																	x
Annular diameter			x							x					x						x
MV-TV distance					x
Right ventricle
Mid RV		x					x		x		x	x		x		x			x
RV Base					x		x
RV Length			x		x		x							x
RV Area	x		x		x									x
End-diastolic volume								x						x
End-diastolic volume																		x
Muscle volume								x
Muscle volume index								x
RV geometry																				x
Outflow tract diameter		x		x	x									x	x		x
Outflow tract length			x
Pulmonary
Valve area				x
Annulus			x		x	x							x		x						x
Artery			x						x						x

MV, mitral valve; TV, tricuspid valve; RV, right ventricle.

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