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- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Copyright
- Copyright 1951 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
- Subject
- Review Articles
- ISSN
- 0066-4219
- eISSN
- 1545-326X
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev.me.02.020151.000411
- pmid
- 14847543
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
of new and simpler ballistocardiographs, such as those out lined by Dock & Taubman (32), is leading towards a wider use of this tech- CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM nique. Starr et al. (33) describe their standardization of the ballistocardio gram by the simulation of cardiac function at necropsy and advocate it as a means of estimating cardiac strength. Nickerson et al. (34) find that the low-frequency, critically damped ballistocardiograph gives a diagnostic pat tern (absence of the K.wave) in coarctation of the aorta. However, its field of widest usefulness may lie in the empirical detection of patterns which re flect latent myocardial inadequacy. Thus, the ballistocardiographic pattern is commonly abnormal in angina pectoris [Brown et al. (35)] . Kjellberg, Rudhe & Sjostrand (36) find a correlation between total cir culating hemoglobin, or blood volume, and heart volume, both at work and at rest. Their analysis gives a simple explanation of the difference in pulse rate and heart volume of children and adults, men and women, and the ath letically trained and untrained subjects. More recently, Kjellberg and co workers (37) have studied the nature of the correlation between height, pulse rate, and total hemoglobin and the effects on pulse of
Journal
Annual Review of Medicine – Annual Reviews
Published: Feb 1, 1951