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Table 4 Ventricular volumes and mass by sex

From: Normative ranges of biventricular volumes and function in healthy term newborns

Variables

Males

Mean (SD)

N = 13

Females

Mean (SD)

N = 7

LVEDV (ml)

9.0 (1.0)

8.9 (1.5)

LVESV (ml)

3.4 (0.5)

3.2 (0.6)

LVEF (%)

62.6 (3.5)

64.1 (3.1)

LVSV (ml)

5.6 (0.7)

5.7 (1.0)

LVM (g)

6.0 (0.7)

6.2 (0.8)

RVEDV (ml)

10.9 (1.6)

11.3 (1.9)

RVESV (ml)

5.2 (0.8)

5.2 (1.1)

RVSV (ml)

5.6 (0.9)

6.1 (0.9)

RVEF (%)

51.6 (2.7)

54.1 (3.9)

RVM (g)

2.9 (0.5)

2.8 (0.5)

LVEDV/BSA (ml/m2)*

38.9 (3.4)

39.2 (5.7)

LVESV/BSA (ml/m2)*

14.6 (2.4)

14.1 (2.8)

LVSV/BSA (ml/m2)*

24.3 (1.6)

25.0 (3.4)

LVM/BSA (g/m2)*

25.8 (2.3)

27.6 (3.6)

RVEDV/BSA (ml/m2)*

46.9 (4.1)

48.7 (5.4)

RVESV/BSA (ml/m2)*

22.7 (2.6)

22.4 (3.7)

RVSV/BSA (ml/m2)*

24.2 (2.2)

26.3 (2.8)

RVM/BSA (g/m2)*

12.7 (2.0)

12.1 (2.1)

  1. BSA body surface area, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, LVM left ventricular mass, LVSV left ventricular stroke volume, RVEDV right ventricular end-diastolic volume, RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction, RVESV right ventricular end-systolic volume, RVM right ventricular mass, RVSV right ventricular stroke volume
  2. *For these values, n = 6 for females