Heart Size in Pregnancy
- 1 June 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 39 (462) , 456-457
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-39-462-456
Abstract
Measurements of cardiac and thoracic diameters were made on 250 routine chest radiographs taken during pregnancy, and on 50 routine chest radiographs of non-pregnant females. The cardiac and thoracic diameters were found to increase during pregnancy, but in the majority of cases the cardiac diameter is not greater than 1/2 the thoracic diameter. In those cases where the cardiac diameter is greater than 1/2 the thoracic diameter, the accurately determined cardio-thoracic ratio should be assessed using the graph before a diagnosis of cardiac enlargement is made. If any doubt remains as to whether or not the cardiac diameter is enlarged, reference may be made to Jacobs'' tables.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- A New Standard for Heart Size MeasurementRadiology, 1949