Table 1 Previous studies investigating the myocardial tissue density or correlation between an image modality and the LVM
From: Cardiac left ventricular myocardial tissue density, evaluated by computed tomography and autopsy
Studies describing the myocardial tissue density or myocardial tissue gravity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference | Year | Material | Method | Number included | Density/gravity | Correlation, r |
Friedmann C [21] | 1951 | Cadaver human hearts | Submersion in water | 45 | 1.029 | Â |
Masshoff W [14] | 1967 | Cadaver human hearts | Submersion in water | 23 | 1.055 | Â |
Webb A [35] | 1979 | Equine hearts | Archimedes principle | 18 | 1.033 | Â |
Schapira JN [36] | 1981 | Canine hearts | Phased array sector scan | 15 | 1.04 | Â |
Rufeng B [20] | 2007 | Cadaver human hearts | Density Instrument | 169 | 1.3, 0.9 | Â |
Studies referring to a myocardial tissue density factor based on previous studies | ||||||
Snyder [18] | 1975 | Human hearts | Radiology | – | 1.033 |  |
Wyatt A [31] | 1979 | Canine hearts | Echocardiography | 21 | 1.05 | 0.94, 0.92 |
Reicheck [17] | 1981 | Cadaver human hearts | Echocardiography, ekg | 34 | 1.04 | Â |
Schiller [29] | 1983 | Canine | Echocardiography | 10 | 1.055 | 0.98 |
Deveraux [12] | 1986 | Cadaver human hearts | Echocardiography | 55 | 1.04 | 0.92 |
Manning J [30] | 1990 | Rat hearts | MRI | 28 | 1.055 | 0.98 |
Jackowski C [13] | 2004 | Cadaver | MRI, CT-angio | 80 | 1.05 | Â |
Lang [8] | 2005 | Living | Echocardiography | 85 | 1.04 | Â |
Fuchs A [10] | 2016 | Living | CT-angiography | 569 | 1.055 | Â |