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Normal echocardiogram ivs/lvpw ratio?mine is ivs .8. lvpw .7. i'm kind of worried...
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Normal IVS/LVPW: Ivs - intraventricular septal width; normal 0.6-1.1 cm lvpw - left ventricular posterior wall thickness; normal 0.6-1.1 cm ivs/lvpw - ratio of the ivs to the lvpw; normal is close to 1. Ivs/lvpw >=1.3, concentric hypertrophy your values are normal.
Answered 11/5/2018
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