A STUDY ON NORMAL REFERENCE VALUES OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS IN GERIATRIC POPULATION OF WEST BENGAL

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the basic echocardiographic measurements in geriatric population visiting NRS Medical College,Kolkata. Methods: This study was performed on adult patients aged 65-80 years of either sex either admitted in any department in NRSMCH, or attending outdoor clinic of any department NRSMCH, a tertiary care hospital without any cardiac diseases or any other disease which has direct or indirect inuence on cardiac structure in the period from 1st May 2019 TO 31STJuly 2020 (15 months). Result:The mean age (mean± s.d.) of patients was 72.2815± 4.1303 years. 177(43.7%) patients were Female and 228(56.3%) patients were male. In 66-70 age group, the mean LVEF (mean± s.d.) of patients was 66.6213± 2.9658. In 71-75 age group, the mean LVEF (mean± s.d.) of patients was 66.4648± 3.0543. In 76-80 age group, the mean LVEF (mean± s.d.) of patients was 66.7447± 2.7038. Difference of mean LVEF with three age group was not statistically signicant (p=0.7650). Difference of mean LVIDd with two sex groups was not statistically signicant (p=0.4763). Difference of mean LVIDs with two sex groups was not statistically signicant (p=0.2181). Conclusion: The ndings of this study permit to conclude that, in geriatric population of the urban region of our hospital, the means and the normal distribution conventionally accepted as the limits of normality for the dimensions of interventricular septum, posterior wall and left ventricular mass are lower than those presented in the literature of reference; left ventricular mass is larger in men, corrected or not for anthropometric variables.