The Ballistocardiogram in Mitral Stenosis | Zendy

Frank W. Davis | Zendy; Wm.R. Scarborough | Zendy; Robert E. Mason | Zendy; M.L. Singewald | Zendy; B.M. Baker | Zendy; S.A. Lore | Zendy; HELEN TRANDES | Zendy; MADELON MENZIES | Zendy

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The Ballistocardiogram in Mitral Stenosis

Author(s) -

Frank W. Davis,

Wm.R. Scarborough,

Robert E. Mason,

M.L. Singewald,

B.M. Baker,

S.A. Lore,

HELEN TRANDES,

MADELON MENZIES

Publication year - 1953

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.7.4.503

Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , cardiology , stenosis , ballistocardiography , commissurotomy , abnormality , diastole , mitral valve , surgery , blood pressure , psychiatry

The ballistocardiograms of 13 of 14 patients with "pure" mitral stenosis were found to show acharacteristic late diastolic and early systolic deformity. The deformity consists of a footward wave which precedes the I wave, often resulting in "doubling" of the I, or fusion with the I, producing a wide, deformed wave. Ballistocardiograms of patients with mitral insufficiency did not consistently show this deformity. Immediately after commissurotomy this abnormality was diminished, but was not completely eliminated. Some possible factors concerned in the genesis of this pattern are discussed.

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