"Ballistocardiography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Technique of graphic representation of the movements of the body imparted by the ballistic forces (recoil and impact) associated with cardiac contraction and ejection of blood and with the deceleration of blood flow through the large blood vessels. These movements, quantitatively very minute, are translated by a pickup device (transducer) into an electrical potential which is suitably amplified and recorded on a conventional electrocardiograph or other recording machine.
| Descriptor ID |
D001450
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.370.380.100
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ballistocardiography" by people in Profiles.
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Ballistocardiographic studies of the effects of mild exercise on the hearts of very old people. Bibl Cardiol. 1975; (33):1-5.
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Blind study on the action of digitoxin on elderly women. Am Heart J. 1969 Dec; 78(6):740-51.