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Normal Weight of the Heart in Nepalese Adults and its Relation to Body Length: A Postmortem Study
ISSN: 2582 - 7197
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Normal Weight of the Heart in Nepalese Adults and its Relation to Body Length: A Postmortem Study
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ICC-1702
Publisher: Scientific Publications
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IAA.ZONE/2582119867197
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Cardiac enlargement is an independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death. Definitive criteria for cardiac enlargement are not formulated yet in Nepalese adult population as we do not have reference of normal cardiac weight because of lack of study. There is also dearth of data on correlation of heart weight with body length. Hence this study was conducted.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was undertaken at forensic medicine department at Patan hospital for a period of 3 years. The heart was weighed from selected bodies by Mini electronic kitchen scale. Lengths of the deceased were also measured. Cases with natural death, history of medical illness and attempted cardioversion and pathological heart were excluded. The data was analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient to determine correlation. P values less than 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant Results: Out of 250 cases, ther...
