Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Mar 1994
Determination of left ventricular mass by echocardiography in a normal population: effect of age and sex in addition to body size.
In this study, we determined the effect of age, sex, and body size on left ventricular mass. ⋯ The findings in this study suggest that left ventricular mass, as assessed by two-dimensional-guided M-mode echocardiography, is affected not only by sex and body size but also by age in women. This phenomenon may be related to an increase in body mass index with advancing age in women. In clinical studies that use echocardiographic left ventricular mass to diagnose left ventricular hypertrophy, these observations should be considered.