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left ventricular end diastolic volume (LVEDV) or dimension

Indications: - assessment of heart failure - used with left ventricular end systolic volume to calculate stroke volume Reference interval: - normal 3.9-5.3 cm [2] - upper limit of normal for diastolic dimension is 5.6-6.0 cm

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left ventricular end systolic volume (LVESV) or dimension

References

  1. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 129
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 15, 18 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2009, 2018