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Table 7 Right atrial function parameters significantly influenced by age in the whole group (mean, 95 % confidence interval)

From: Characterization of left and right atrial function in healthy volunteers by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

 

20–29 years

30–39 years

40–49 years

50–59 years

60–69 years

70–79 years

RATEV (mL) SD 11.9

62

(39, 85)

60

(37, 83)

58

(34, 81)

55

(32, 79)

53

(30, 76)

51

(27, 74)

RATEV/BSA (mL/m2) SD 6.0

34

(23, 46

33

(21, 45)

31

(20, 43)

30

(18, 42

29

(17, 40

27

(15, 39

RATEF [%] SD 7.0

60

(46, 74)

58

(45, 72)

57

(43, 70)

55

(41, 69)

54

(40, 67)

52

(38, 66)

RAEI [%] SD 40.2

161

(82, 240)

151

(72, 229)

140

(61, 219)

130

(51, 209)

120

(41, 198)

109

(31, 188)

RAPEV [mL] SD 9.5

45

(27, 64)

42

(23, 60)

38

(19, 56)

34

(15, 53)

30

(12, 49)

27

(8, 45)

RAPEV/BSA [mL/ m2] SD 5.0

25

(16, 35)

23

(14, 33)

21

(11, 31)

19

(9, 29)

17

(7, 27)

15

(5, 25)

RAPEF [%] SD 7.3

45

(31, 59)

42

(27, 56)

38

(24, 53)

35

(20, 49)

32

(18, 46)

29

(14, 43)

RAPEI [%] SD 20

84

(45, 127)

76

(37, 118)

67

(28, 109)

59

(20, 99)

51

(12, 90)

43

(3, 82)

RAPPE [%] SD 9.7

75

(56, 94)

71

(52, 90)

67

(48, 86)

63

(44, 82)

59

(40, 78)

55

(36, 74)

RApPER [mL/s] SD 79.4

351

(195, 506)

310

(154, 466)

269

(114, 425)

229

(73, 384)

188

(33, 344)

148

(-8, 303)

RAAEV [mL] SD 6.7

15

(2, 28)

17

(4, 30)

18

(5, 31)

20

(7, 33)

22

(8, 35)

23

(10, 36)

RAAEF [%] SD 8.3

2

(15, 41)

29

(16, 42)

30

(17, 43)

31

(17, 44)

31

(18, 45)

32

(19, 46)

RAPAE [%] SD 9.0

24

(7, 42)

29

(11, 46)

33

(15, 50)

37

(19, 55)

41

(23, 59)

45

(27, 63)

RApAER [mL/s] SD 78.6

19

(37, 245)

201

(47, 355)

212

(58, 366)

223

(69, 377)

234

(80, 388)

244

(90, 398)

RAAEV/RAPEV [%] SD 28.2

32

(-24, 87)

43

(-12, 98)

54

(-1, 109)

65

(10, 120)

76

(21, 132)

87

(32, 143)

  1. RA right atrium, TEV total emptying volume, BSA body surface area, EI expansion index, TEF, total emptying fraction, PEV passive emptying volume, CV conduit volume, PEF passive emptying fraction, PEI passive emptying index, pPER peak passive emptying rate, PPE percentage of passive emptying, AEV active emptying volume, AEF active emptying fraction, AEI active emptying index, pAER peak active emptying rate, PAE percentage of active emptying