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Table 19 References, normal dimensions of cardiac chambers in children

From: Reference ranges (“normal values”) for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in adults and children: 2020 update

First author, year

CMR technique

n, male:female

Age range (years)

van der Ven, 2019 [45]

1.5 T, short axis bSSFP; dimensions of LV and RV; papillary muscles included in LV mass; RV mass measured at end-systole, major trabeculae included in RV mass when connected to the ventricular wall, trabeculae not connected to the wall included in RV volume

68:73

 < 1–18

Sarikouch, 2011 [47]

1.5 T, axial bSSFP; pulmonary veins, superior and inferior vena cava and coronary sinus excluded, atrial appendages included from/in left and right atrial volume, respectively

56:59

4–20

  1. n number of study subjects, bSSFP balanced steady-state free precession, LV left ventricular, RV right ventricular