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. 2014 Jan 21;15(6):680–690. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet284

Table 5.

Right atrial chamber echocardiographic parameters

Parameters Total Total Male Female P-value
Mean ± SD 2 SD range Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Apical four-chamber view
RA minor axis, mm 36.1 ± 5.6 27.5–46.0 38.4 ± 5.4 34.2 ± 5.1 <0.001
RA major axis, mm 45.9 ± 5.4 38.0–54.5 48.1 ± 4.7 44.1 ± 5.3 <0.001
RA area, cm2 14.5 ± 3.2 9.6–20.4 16.1 ± 2.9 13.2 ± 2.9 <0.001
RA volume area-length, mL 40.1 ± 14.7 20.0–68.6 46.9 ± 14.5 34.4 ± 12.4 <0.001
RA volume Simpson, mL 37.5 ± 13.5 19.1–63.4 43.8 ± 13.4 32.5 ± 11.4 <0.001
Normalized to BSA
Apical four-chamber view
RA minor axis, mm/m2 20.0 ± 2.9 15.3–24.5 19.8 ± 2.8 20.2 ± 3.0 0.228
RA major axis, mm/m2 25.5 ± 3.0 21.3–29.8 24.8 ± 2.5 26.1 ± 3.2 <0.001
RA area, cm2/m2 8.0 ± 1.5 5.6–10.4 8.3 ± 1.4 7.8 ± 1.6 0.003
RA volume area-length, mL/m2 21.9 ± 7.1 12.3–35.2 24.1 ± 7.0 20.2 ± 6.7 <0.001
RA volume Simpson, mL/m2 20.6 ± 6.5 11.5–32.9 22.5 ± 6.5 19.0 ± 6.2 <0.001

RA, right atrial.