KING SIZED HEARTS IN INFANTS - COMPARISON OF CARDIAC TO BODY-MASS IN VENTRICULAR SEPTAL-DEFECT IN VARIOUS AGE-GROUPS

Authors
SMOLINSKY AK MODAN M GOOR DA
Citation
Ak. Smolinsky et al., KING SIZED HEARTS IN INFANTS - COMPARISON OF CARDIAC TO BODY-MASS IN VENTRICULAR SEPTAL-DEFECT IN VARIOUS AGE-GROUPS, Israel journal of medical sciences, 29(12), 1993, pp. 769-771
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Israel journal of medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00212180
Volume
29
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
769 - 771
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-2180(1993)29:12<769:KSHII->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Heart and body weight were reveiwed in reports of 223 human cadavers. Of these, 146 were of control (normal) hearts and 77 of hearts with ve ntricular septal defects. In each case the heart weight as a percentag e of body weight was calculated (defined as pathological heart-body ra tio). It was observed that under the age of 4 years, monstrous cardiom egalies may reach 3.2% of the total body weight. These ''king sized'' hearts were not found above the age of 4.