RELATION OF HEART WEIGHT WITH AGE AND WEIGHT OF CADAVER

Jolly Agarwal; Virendra Kumar

doi:10.21761/jms.v2i01.10838

Jolly Agarwal Department of Anatomy, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, * Saraswati Medical College, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
Virendra Kumar Department of Anatomy, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, * Saraswati Medical College, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21761/jms.v2i01.10838

Keywords: Heart, Age, Weight, Cadaver

Abstract

Introduction: Height, weight, and age of person has significant impact on the normal size of

heart. These parameters need to be considered when cut-off values indicating the need for

treatment or even surgery are established. The aim of present work is to study the relation of

weight of the heart with age and weight of cadaver.

Material and Methods: The study was performed in the Department of Anatomy, Shri Ram

Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly on 30 hearts from embalmed cadavers.

The hearts were procured from the cadavers available in our department. The heart was

thoroughly cleaned and measurements were taken.

Results: The mean heart weight was 223.37 ± 57.78 g. Significant relationship between age of

the cadaver and weight of the heart (p=0.0004), weight of cadaver and weight of heart

(p=0.0001) was observed.

Conclusion: The above study provides valuable data of the heart in our geographical location,

which may be useful for cardiac surgeons and physicians.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

1. Williams P.L & Warwick R: “Cardiac veins”,
Angiology, Gray's Anatomy; 37th edition. Edinburg.
Churchill Livingstone. Longman group Ltd.1989:pp.
703
2. Matsuyama TA, Ishibashi-Ueda H, Ikeda Y, Yamada Y,
Okamura H, Noda T, Satomi K, Suyama K, Shimizu W,
Aihara N, Kamakura S, Inoue S. The positional
relationship between the coronary sinus musculature
and the atrioventricular septal junction. Europace.
2010;12:719–25
3. Schenk KE, Heinze G. Age-dependent changes of
heart valves and heart size.Recent Adv Stud Cardiac
Struct Metab. 1975;10:617-24
4. Adebo OA, Lun KC, Lee CN, Chao TC. Age-related
changes in normal Chinese hearts. Chin Med J (Engl).
1994;107(2):88-94
5. Dalane W. Kitzman, William D. Edwards. Age-
Related Changes in the Anatomy of the Normal
Human Heart. Journal of Gerontology. 1990;45(2):33-
39
6. Kibria GM, Akhter NR, Hossain Md M, Akhter S,
Zakariah Md GM. Morphometric Measurements of
Heart in Adult Male Bangladeshi People in Relation to
the Age and Height of the Individual. Bangladesh
Journal of Anatomy 2009;7(2):80-83