LVID Range

[Jwai]

Please advise LVID range. I have a 53 reading from my recent Echo test and was told this is on the upper limit of normal.
What could be done to bring it down lower?

[kenkeith]

The upper limit is 5.9cm according to my echo report.  And body size has a bearing on the size of an individual's left ventricle after diastole (filling phase) so that may be a factor to consider.  Also, the size is not a static metric but varies from minute to minute with the end systolic metric.

To just consider lowering the diastolic range (filling capacity) the parameter of interest would be the ejection fraction.  That parameter is to determine volume of blood at end of filling phase, subtract the end systolic volume and then divide by end of diastolic phase times 100. If there is reduction of chamber capacity it is often  the result of heart wall thickened so it can not relax and have the flexibility to fill to adequately fill.  

Sometimes the heart wall may thickened by an athlete's regimen and that will return to normal size when the exercise is reduced accoringly, but a wall thickened by heart muscle disease may not return to normal size.  If and when it becomes a serious problem there is surgery that removes the excessive mass.  

Thanks for your question and if you have any further questions or comments you are welcome to respond.  Take care, and you shouldn't be concerned with your LVID, and it is an estimate as well.