Mechanography: a non-invasive technique for the evaluation of cardiac function in children.
Experience in the pediatric age group with mechanography, an indirect method of cardiovascular investigation, is described with emphasis on the recording technique and on the analysis of the tracings. A few examples are presented with comments on the morphological aspects and the time characteristics of the pulse curves, showing how much information about cardiac disease and especially myocardial function in children may be obtained.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000502:physiology; D007702:Kinetocardiography; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010701:Phonocardiography; D011674:Pulse