Table 3. Cardiac dimensions in systole and diastole in normal pregnancy in the study participants.

LVPWd (cm): left ventricular posterior wall in diastole, LVPWs: left ventricular posterior wall in systole, LAD (cm): left atrial diameter, LVIDs: left ventricular internal diameter in systole, LVIDd: left ventricular internal diameter in diastole, LAVs: left atrial volume in systole, LAVI: left atrial volume index, RVD1 (cm): right ventricular basal diameter (basal diameter), RAD (cm): right atrial diameter, RAV (cm): right atrial volume, SD; standard deviation

Cardiac parameters	Cardiac sizes (mean ± SD)				p-value
	First trimester	Second trimester	Third trimester	Postpartum
LVPWd (cm)	1.06 ± 0.22	1.08 ± 0.23	1.14 ± 0.21	1.07 ± 0.15	0.214
LVPWs (cm)	1.56 ± 0.28	1.57 ± 0.33	1.61 ± 0.37	1.46 ± 0.18	0.085
LAD (cm)	3.51 ± 0.2	3.74 ± 0.33	3.84 ± 0.32	3.13 ± 0.22	<0.001
LVIDs (cm)	2.68 ± 0.46	2.75 ± 0.67	3.48 ± 0.71	2.82 ± 0.40	<0.001
LVIDd (cm)	4.09 ± 0.56	4.62 ± 0.66	5.33 ± 0.71	5.17 ± 0.67	<0.001
LAVs (mL)	45.44 ± 5.69	51.41 ± 5.77	54.09 ± 5.3	46.04 ± 5.22	<0.001
LAVI (mL/m2)	29.89 ± 2.29	31.03 ± 2.03	29.72 ± 4.97	27.81 ± 2.27	<0.001
RVD1(cm)	3.54 ± 0.19	3.70 ± 0.27	3.89 ± 0.22	3.41 ± 0.24	<0.001
RAD (cm)	2.52 ± 0.22	2.78 ± 0.25	3.07 ± 0.42	2.65 ± 0.28	<0.001
RAV (mL)	24.82 ± 4.77	27.60 ± 5.06	28.17 ± 5.41	27.00 ± 4.67	0.006