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 .

Age group (years) (cm) (mL/m2)Values of (cm)

WomenTotal4.668.52.30
20–294.767.22.35
30–394.973.22.45
40–494.463.72.20
50–594.258.02.10
60–694.561.32.25

ManTotal4.974.22.45
20–295.078.12.50
30–395.174.92.55
40–495.173.92.55
50–594.868.92.40
60–694.666.62.30

Source: Macedo et al. [18] and the calculated value by (10).