The Extravascular Basis for Respiratory Variation in the Ballistocardiogram
Authors: WILLIAM DOCK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 September 1962The Extravascular Basis for Respiratory Variation in the BallistocardiogramWith Notes on the Effects of Constrictive Pericarditis, Atrial Septal Defect, and the Valsalva ManeuverWILLIAM DOCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM DOCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-3-398 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOne of the most striking features of the ballistocardiogram recorded on the Starr table or from motion of a crosspiece laid on the shins is the decrease in systolic waves during expiration. This becomes more marked with age, especially in subjects predisposed to coronary heart disease. In some subjects it is more marked after cigarette smoking; again there is a more striking difference in patients with coronary disease than in controls of the same age. The respiratory variation is decreased, in normal persons and in coronary patients, by an elastic abdominal binder.The generally accepted interpretation of these phenomena is...References1. STARROGAWA IS: On the aging of the heart; why is it so much more conspicuous in the ballistocardiogram than in the pulse? Trans. Ass. Amer. Physicians 74: 246, 1961. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. MARCH HW: Three-plane ballistocardiography: the effect of age on the longitudinal, lateral and dorsoventral ballistocardiograms. Circulation 12: 869, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. STARRHILDRETH IEA: The effect of aging and development of disease on the ballistocardiogram. Circulation 5: 481, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DOCK W: The value of lateral ballistocardiograms in differentiating aortic tortuosity from myocardial dysfunction. Trans. Ass. Amer. Physicians 67: 185, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. DOCK W: Effects of respiration on transmission of ballistocardiographic forces from the heart to the recording system. Amer. Heart J. 58: 102, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. AYGENBRAUNWALD MME: The splitting of the second heart sound in normal subjects and in patients with congenital heart disease. Circulation 25: 329, 1962. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KELLYLYONS JJHA: Atrial septal defect in the aged. Ann. Intern. Med. 48: 267, 1958. LinkGoogle Scholar8. DOCK W: Inspiratory traction on the pericardium: the cause of pulsus paradoxus in pericardial disease. Arch. Intern. Med. 108: 837, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. STARRSCHROEDER IHA: Ballistocardiogram. II. Normal standards, abnormalities commonly found in diseases of the heart and circulation and their significance. J. Clin. Invest. 19: 437, 1940. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. SCARBOROUGHMCKUSICKBAKER WRVABM: The ballistocardiogram in constrictive pericarditis before and after pericardiectomy. Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 90: 42, 1952 MedlineGoogle Scholar11. DAVISSCARBOROUGHMASONSINGEWALDBAKER FWWRREMLBM: The effects of exercise and smoking on the electrocardiograms and ballistocardiograms of normal subjects and patients with coronary disease. Amer. Heart J. 46: 529, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. BIXBYHENDERSON EWCB: A method of securing the direct body ballistocardiogram by means of a microscope, giving a record readily calibrated. Circulation 8: 578, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New YorkFrom the Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.This work was supported by grant H-1250 from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to William Dock, M.D., Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn 3, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInvestigating Cardiorespiratory Interaction Using Ballistocardiography and Seismocardiography—A Narrative ReviewCardiorespiratory interactions: Noncontact assessment using laser Doppler vibrometrySignificance of the output of the right and left ventricles in the formation of the IJ waves of the ballistocardiogram 1 September 1962Volume 57, Issue 3Page: 398-405KeywordsCoronary heart diseaseMedical servicesPrevention, policy, and public healthRespiration ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1962 PDF downloadLoading ...