Radiological Cardiothoracic Ratio as a Potential Marker of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Assessed by Echocardiography

Table 5

Correlation of the cardiothoracic ratio in the chest radiograph and the size of the left ventricular in the echocardiography.

	CTR
	r
LVEDd (mm)	0.38	<0.05
LVESd (mm)	−0.12	ns
IVSDd (mm)	0.13	ns
PWDd (mm)	0.07	ns
LVM (g)	0.42	<0.05
LVMI (g/m^2)	0.50	<0.50
RWT	−0.19	ns

CTR: cardiothoracic ratio; IVSDd: interventricular septum diastolic diameter; LVEDd: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESd: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVM: left ventricular mass; LVMI: left ventricular mass index; PWDd: posterior wall diastolic diameter; RWT: relative wall thickness.