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Table 3 Typical changes in cardiac size (A) and function (B) of the left ventricle for 559 pregnant women by trimester adapted from [8]

From: Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of the Heart in Pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society

 

 < 20 weeks

 > 20 weeks

 

Median

Median

A

  

 LVEDd (cm)

4.5

4.6

 LVESd (cm)

3.1

3.1

 LVEDvol (mL)

88

88

 LVESvol (mL)

33

34

 PWTd (cm)

0.8

0.8

 IVSd (cm)

0.7

0.7

 LA volume (mL)

54

54

 LVMI (g/m2)

61

63

B

  

 LVEF (%)

61

61

  1. Based on 137 women (< 20 weeks) and 274 women (20 + weeks) and shown as median with interquartile range
  2. LVEDd left ventricular end diastolic dimension, LVESd left ventricular end systolic dimension, LVEDvol left ventricular end diastolic volume, LVESvol left ventricular end systolic volume, PWTd posterior wall thickness in diastole, IVSd interventricular septal wall thickness in diastole, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LA left atrium, LVMI left ventricular mass index
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