Effect of sex, age and body measurements on heart weight, atrial, ventricular, valvular and sub-epicardial fat measurements of the normal heart

•When evaluating the abnormal, it is of central importance to understand the normal.•Sex is the most important predictor of cardiac anatomy.•We provide a calculator to give expected cardiac parameters.•Sub-epicardial fat is greater in females.•The female heart has smaller wall thickness, chambers an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiovascular pathology 2023-03, Vol.63, p.107508-107508, Article 107508
Hauptverfasser:	Westaby, Joseph David, Zullo, Emelia, Bicalho, Luciana Morais, Anderson, Robert Henry, Sheppard, Mary Noelle
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adipose Tissue - pathology Atria Atrial Fibrillation - pathology Female Heart Atria Heart Ventricles - pathology Humans Male Morphologically normal heart Pericardium Sex Sub-epicardial fat Valves Ventricles
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