ANATOMICAL EVALUATION OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL THICKNESS DIMENSIONS BY TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Abstract

Background The perception of cardiac anatomy and pathophysiology radically changed for all of medicine in general and cardiology in particular.The use of ultrasound to study the structure and function of the heart and great vessels defines the field of echocardiography.was a prospective study in which Echocardiographic examination of patients referred to CVTS Centre Government Medical College Aurangabad were attended and readings were noted for 104 adult individuals above 18 years of age (62 females and 42 males).Patients diagnosed by senior cardiologist for normal Left Ventricular Function( EF > 50% )and normal Right Ventricular function as seen on echocardiography were included in the study.Objective To study the dimensions of Inter Ventricular Septal thickness and to compare & contrast sexual differences in Inter Ventricular Septal thickness.Results Inter Ventricular Septal thickness for total study population was in the range of 0.5 cm to 1.1cm and the mean was 0.9519 cm ± 0.1123cm. Conclusion All the cardiac dimensions were greater in male population than female population. The parameters Interventricular septal thickness does not correlate with weight of study population whereas a significant correlation was found with age and hieght Measurements of Inter Ventricular septal Thickness of present study corresponded well with those reported by previous studies