17 April 2025
: Case report
Hypothyroidism and Double Mitral Lesion in Antiphospholipid Syndrome During Pregnancy: A Case Report
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Adverse events of drug therapy, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
José Manuel Madrazo Cabo A 1,2, Ania Villavicencio Flores BE 2, Paulina Chagollán Gudiño BE 2, Nuvia Adriana Monter Valera F 2, Jose Antonio Velasco Bárcena D 3, Virginia Sedeño Monge E 2*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.945578
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e945578
Table 3. Normal range of echocardiographic measurements.
| Units | Normal range for women | Calculated average for the patient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventricular septal thickness in diastole | mm | 6–9 | 8.8 |
| Posterior wall thickness in diastole | mm | 6–9 | 8.5 |
| Left ventricular diastolic diameter | mm | 37–52 | 49 |
| Left ventricular systolic diameter | mm | 21–34 | 30 |
| Relative wall thickness | 0.22–0.42 | 0.35 | |
| Net mass | grs | 67–162 | 146 |
| Left ventricular mass index | grs/m | 43–95 | 83 |
| Left ventricular end-diastolic volume | ml | 46–106 | 70.4 |
| Left ventricular end-diastolic volume index | ml/m | 29–61 | 44 |
| Left ventricular end-systolic volume | ml | 14–42 | 25.8 |
| Left ventricular end-systolic volume index | ml/m | 8–24 | 16.2 |
| Left ventricular ejection fraction | % | 54–74 | 63 |
| Indexed left atrial volume | ml/m | 16–34 | 52 |
| Left atrial area | cm | <20 | 27 |
| of the mitral valve. Normal pattern | 1–2 | 1.1 | |
| of the mitral valve. Grade I delayed relaxation | <1 | ||
| of the mitral valve. Grade II pseudonormalization | 1–1.5 | ||
| of the mitral valve. Grade III restrictive pattern | >2 | ||
| m/seg | 0.57–1.7 | 1.7 | |
| mmHg | <10 | 6 | |
| cm | >3 | 2.91 | |
| mm | 26 | 19 | |
| mm | 34 | 22 | |
| mm | 29 | 20 | |
| mm | 30 | 24 | |
| mm | 22–36 | 26 | |
| mm | 18–28 | 22 | |
| Right ventricular wall thickness | mm | <5 | 4 |
| Basal diameter of the right ventricle | mm | 25–41 | 35 |
| Mean diameter of the right ventricle | mm | 19–35 | 24 |
| Longitudinal diameter of the right ventricle | mm | 59–83 | 77 |
| Right ventricular diastolic area | cm | 8–20 | 20 |
| Right ventricular systolic area | cm | 3–11 | 11 |
| Right ventricular fractional shortening | % | >35 | 45 |
| of the tricuspid valve. Normal pattern | >0.8 | 1 | |
| of the tricuspid valve. Grade I delayed relaxation | <0.8 | ||
| of the tricuspid valve. Grade IIpseudonormalization | 0.8–2.1 | ||
| of the tricuspid valve. Grade III restrictive pattern | >2.1 | ||
| Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion | mm | >17 | – |
| Indexed right atrial volume | ml/m | 21–27 | 20 |
| Right atrial area | cm | <18 | 16 |
| Maximum velocity of flow through the pulmonaryvalve | m/s | 1.0–1.7 | 1.2 |
| Mean pulmonary gradient | mmHg | <40 | 3 |
| Tricuspid regurgitation velocity | m/s | 2.8–2.9 | 3 |
| Right ventricular and/or pulmonary artery systolicpressure | mmHg | <36 | 42 |
| Right ventricular outflow tract diameter | mm | <30 | 28 |
| Pulmonary artery trunk diameter | mm | <30 | 27 |
| Inferior vena cava diameter | mm | <21 | 20 |
| Maximum systolic velocity of the tricuspid annulus by Tissue Doppler | cm/seg | >9.5 | 17 |
| Maximum E’ wave velocity of the mitral annulus byTissue Doppler | cm/seg | ≥8 | 8 |
| Maximum A’ wave velocity of the mitral annulus byTissue Doppler | cm/seg | <8 | 15 |






