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Echocardiographic measurements in adolescents based upon gender and sexual maturity rating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

William Pearl ,
Elisabeth M. Stafford ,
Thomas Martinko ,
Robert Villazana ,
William Lucker ,
Manuel Schydlower  and
Walter Imai
William Pearl*
Affiliation:
From the William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Elisabeth M. Stafford
Affiliation:
From the William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Thomas Martinko
Affiliation:
From the William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Robert Villazana
Affiliation:
From the William Beaumont Army Medical Center
William Lucker
Affiliation:
El Paso and theUniversity of Texas, El Paso
Manuel Schydlower
Affiliation:
From the William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Walter Imai
Affiliation:
From the William Beaumont Army Medical Center
*
Dr. William Pearl, Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Box 70614, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX 79920, USA. Tel. 915-569-2431; Fax. 915-569-1618.
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Summary

M-mode echocardiograms were recorded from 298 healthy adolescents between 10 and 16 years of age. Nineteen measured and 10 calculated parameters were correlated with the subjects’ gender and sexual maturity rating. Significant (p<0.05) differences by gender were demonstrated for 21 of 29 parameters. Sexual maturity rating had a significant effect on four of 29 parameters for boys and on five of 29 parameters for girls, when controlling for body surface area. Fourteen of 29 parameters in boys and three of 29 parameters in girls showed a significant effect of sexual maturity rating when controlling for age. The male adolescent growth spurt in lean body mass is paralleled by a similar growth spurt in left ventricular volume.

Keywords

Adolescentsechocardiographygrowth
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1992 , pp. 168 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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