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Study on heart measurements of the people between the age 20-40 years present to the teaching hospital colombo north – post mortem study

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dc.contributor.author de Silva, R.L.S.K.
dc.contributor.author Kitulwatte, I.D.G.
dc.contributor.author Priyanath, D.C.
dc.contributor.author Gunathilake, M.M.A.C.
dc.contributor.author Senanayake, T.A.A.W.
dc.contributor.author Kumari, M.K.J.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-05T07:47:26Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-05T07:47:26Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology.2021;15(3), 2816-2828. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0973-9122
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/24959
dc.description.abstract Introduction: Presence of an enlarged heart provides a basis for determination of the cause and mechanisms of death. Gender, physical activity, and Body Mass Index (BMI) may affect the size of organs. Knowledge on such normal variations is needed in order to recognize the abnormalities.Objectives- This research was conducted to study the dimensions of the heart(heart weight, left ventricular thickness and valvular circumferences) among the young adult healthy deceased autopsies and evaluate their association with different variables.Methods:It was a descriptive cross-sectional study and 20-40 years of age healthy, young, adult, males and females in equal numbers who had died suddenly were studied by considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Details of the past history and the measurements were entered into a proforma and the anonymous data were used for analysis.Results: The study revealed that the mean values of the heart weight was 280.52g (SD+/- 42.60), it was 293.94g (SD+/-39.29) for males and 267.10g (SD+/-42.64) for females. There was no significant association of heart weight with gender (P= 0.46410). There was a significant association between BMI and the heart weight of the females (P= 0.0387), no such association for left ventricular wall thickness. Further, there was a significant difference of the tricuspid valve circumference among two genders and the values were 11.6cm (SD+/-0.82) for males and 10.7cm (SD+/-0.6) for females.Conclusions: Majority of the findings was consistent with the findings of the studies globally on Caucasians. Increased body mass index was significantly associated with increased heart weight among females which could probably be explained as a consequence of increased epicardial fat since there was no such association for left ventricular wall thickness en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Dept. of Forensic Medicine, New Delhi en_US
dc.subject Heart weight en_US
dc.subject Left ventricular thickness en_US
dc.subject BMI en_US
dc.title Study on heart measurements of the people between the age 20-40 years present to the teaching hospital colombo north – post mortem study en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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