Why the study?
Does the thin-wall ellipsoidal model improve the accuracy of left ventricular mass calculation and cardiovascular risk stratification compared to thick-wall models?
Population
Necropsy data and living cohorts from Naples, New York City, and Umbria region of Italy (PIUMA registry)
Comparison
Thin-wall ellipsoidal model for calculation of… vs Thick-wall models
Design
Cohort
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Thin-wall LV mass models show substantial equivalence to thick-wall; leaves open whether model choice affects risk stratification in practice.
Does the thin-wall ellipsoidal model improve the accuracy of left ventricular mass calculation and cardiovascular risk stratification compared to thick-wall models?
Calculation of left ventricular mass using a thin-wall prolate-ellipsoidal geometry does not yield appreciably different results than thick-wall models, which remain valuable for identifying left ventricular hypertrophy and risk stratification.
Simone et al. (1998) studied this question.
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