Research Article
New Mathematical Model for the Surface Area of the Left Ventricle by the Truncated Prolate Spheroid
Table 1
Average of the reference measures for the LV of women and men and the calculated value
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| | Age group (years) | (cm) | (mL/m2) | Values of (cm) |
| Women | Total | 4.6 | 68.5 | 2.30 | 20–29 | 4.7 | 67.2 | 2.35 | 30–39 | 4.9 | 73.2 | 2.45 | 40–49 | 4.4 | 63.7 | 2.20 | 50–59 | 4.2 | 58.0 | 2.10 | 60–69 | 4.5 | 61.3 | 2.25 |
| Man | Total | 4.9 | 74.2 | 2.45 | 20–29 | 5.0 | 78.1 | 2.50 | 30–39 | 5.1 | 74.9 | 2.55 | 40–49 | 5.1 | 73.9 | 2.55 | 50–59 | 4.8 | 68.9 | 2.40 | 60–69 | 4.6 | 66.6 | 2.30 |
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Source: Macedo et al. [18] and the calculated value by (10).
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