https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/529299
標題: | Coronary diameters in Taiwanese children younger than 6 years old: Z-score regression equations derived from body surface area | 作者: | MING-TAI LIN Chang C.-H. Hsieh W.-C. Chang C.-E. Chang Y.-M. Chen Y.-C. Hsu J.-Y. Huang Y.-L. Ma J.-Y. Sun L.-C. Wu C.-S. Yeh S.-Z. Fang W.-Q. CHUN-AN CHEN SHUENN-NAN CHIU CHUN-WEI LU JOU-KOU WANG MEI-HWAN WU |
公開日期: | 2014 | 出版社: | Republic of China Society of Cardiology | 卷: | 30 | 期: | 4 | 起(迄)頁: | 266-273 | 來源出版物: | Acta Cardiologica Sinica | 摘要: | Background: The measurements of coronary diameters, usually obtained by 2-dimentsional echocardiography, play important roles oin the management and follow-up of Kawasaki disease (KD). However, in Taiwan, domestic normgrams and a Z-score calculator for coronary artery diameters are still not available. Methods: Echocardiography was performed on 412 healthy children younger than 6 years of age. The appropriate exponential regression model was fitted to correspond with body surface area (BSA). The computed Z-scores of all subjects were also tested for normal distribution. Results: Using the model ln (measurement) = β1 + β2 x ln (BSA), the adjusted R2 values were 0.611 and 0.484 for themodels of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) and the right (RCA), respectively. Analysis of computed Z-score distribution showed acceptable goodness of fit for a normal distribution [p = 0.90 (LMCA); p = 0.17 (RCA)]. Conclusions: We have established reference ranges for the coronary artery diameters in Taiwanese children younger than 6 years of age. The regression equations and Z-score calculators for the LMCA and RCA provide an objective determination of coronary dilatation in a large population, which is important for the care and medical management of KD patients in Taiwan. |
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ISSN: | 1011-6842 | SDG/關鍵字: | artery diameter; Article; body surface; child; color ultrasound flowmetry; coronary artery; coronary artery circumflex branch; coronary artery diameter; coronary artery dilatation; female; follow up; human; left anterior descending coronary artery; left coronary artery; male; normal human; preschool child; real time ultrasound scanner; right coronary artery; Taiwanese; transthoracic echocardiography; two dimensional echocardiography |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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