Weight of the left and right ventricle of the heart during fetal life. Issue 6 (June 1972)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hislop, Alison; Reid, Lynne
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical pathology. Volume 25:Issue 6(1972)
• Page Start: 534
• Page End: 536
• Publication Date: 1972-06
• Subjects: Pathology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; 616.0705
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.25.6.534
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9746

Abstract

Abstract : The hearts from 31 fetuses aged from 12 to 40 weeks' gestation were dissected after fixation. The right ventricle and the left ventricle plus septum were weighed separately and a ratio was established. The total and separate ventricular weights increase steadily with age and at a similar rate. Throughout fetal life the left ventricle plus septum is larger than the right ventricle, but the right ventricle forms a greater proportion of the total ventricular weight than it does in the child or the adult. For the first time, a table of normal fetal heart weights and ratios obtained using the method of Fulton, Hutchinson, and Jones (1952) is presented.