Abstract

To evaluate cardiac performance in postmenopausal women by 2D echocardiography. Material and Methods: 356 healthy women between the age 45-85 years were included in the study after conducting a baseline study to measure height, weight, blood pressure and excluding pregnant, hypertensive, diabetic, smokers and females with coronary artery disease by taking a detail history. The subjects were divided in to two groups: Group I = < 44 years (Premenopausal) Group II = > 44 years (Postmenopausal) Transthoracic echocardiogram was performed on the all the study participants and End Systolic Diameter (ESD), End Diastolic Diameter(EDD),Ejection Fraction(EF) were measured. Results: The end diastolic diameter (cm) has a mean of 4.28±0.65 cm in premenopausal women and 4.5±0.7 cm in post-menopausal women The end systolic diameter (cm) has a mean of 2.79±0.53 cm in premenopausal women and 3.09±0.86 cm in post-menopausal women The ejection fraction has a mean of 64.72±7.98 in premenopausal women and 61.65±9.09 in postmenopausal women.

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