Similarities and Differences in Left Ventricular Size and Function among Races and Nationalities: Results of the World Alliance Societies of Echocardiography Normal Values Study

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Vol. 32; no. 11; pp. 1396 - 1406.e2
• Main Authors: Asch, Federico M., Miyoshi, Tatsuya, Addetia, Karima, Citro, Rodolfo, Daimon, Masao, Desale, Sameer, Fajardo, Pedro Gutierrez, Kasliwal, Ravi R., Kirkpatrick, James N., Monaghan, Mark J., Muraru, Denisa, Ogunyankin, Kofo O., Park, Seung Woo, Ronderos, Ricardo E., Sadeghpour, Anita, Scalia, Gregory M., Takeuchi, Masaaki, Tsang, Wendy, Tucay, Edwin S., Tude Rodrigues, Ana Clara, Vivekanandan, Amuthan, Zhang, Yun, Blitz, Alexandra, Lang, Roberto M., Prado, Aldo D., Filipini, Eduardo, Kwon, Agatha, Hoschke-Edwards, Samantha, Afonso, Tania Regina, Thampinathan, Babitha, Sooriyakanthan, Maala, Zhu, Tiangang, Wang, Zhilong, Wang, Yingbin, Zhang, Mei, Zhang, Yu, Yin, Lixue, Li, Shuang, Alagesan, R., Balasubramanian, S., Ananth, R.V.A., Bansal, Manish, Badano, Luigi P., Palermo, Chiara, Bossone, Eduardo, Di Vece, Davide, Bellino, Michele, Nakao, Tomoko, Kawata, Takayuki, Hirokawa, Megumi, Sawada, Naoko, Nabeshima, Yousuke, Yun, Hye Rim, Hwang, Ji-won, Fasawe, Dolapo, Schreckenberg, Marcus, Ronderos, Ricardo, Scalia, Gregory, Amuthan, V., Kasliwal, Ravi, Gutierrez-Fajardo, Pedro, Woo Park, Seung, Kirkpatrick, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cardiovascular; Continental Population Groups; Cross-Sectional Studies; Echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; Ethnic Groups; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; International; Left ventricle; Male; Middle Aged; Multiracial; Normal values; Organ Size; Prospective Studies; Reference Values; Societies, Medical; Stroke Volume - physiology; United States; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; WASE; United States; Echocardiography; Multiracial; TTE; LVEF; LV; Left ventricle; GLS; LLN; EACVI; BSA; Normal values; 2D; ASE; WASE; ULN; LVEDV; International; Transthoracic Echocardiogram; European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging; Two-dimensional; Left ventricular; Global longitudinal strain; Lower limit of normal; Upper limit of normal; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Body surface area; World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography; American Society of Echocardiography; Left ventricular end-diastolic volume

The World Alliance Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study evaluates individuals from multiple countries and races with the aim of describing normative values that could be applied to the global community worldwide and to determine differences and similarities among people from diff...