ballistocardiograph

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bal·lis·to·car·di·o·graph

(bə-lĭs′tō-kär′dē-ə-grăf′)

A device used to determine the volume of blood passing through the heart in a specific period of time and the force of cardiac contraction by measuring the body's recoil as blood is ejected from the ventricles with each heartbeat.

[ballist(ic) + cardiograph.]

bal·lis′to·car′di·og′ra·phy (-ŏg′rə-fē) n.

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ballistocardiograph - a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles

cardiograph

cardiac monitor, heart monitor - a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart

medical instrument - instrument used in the practice of medicine

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The cardiac output in man; Studies with the low frequency, critically-damped ballistocardiograph and the method of right atrial catheterization.

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Heart disease and the stress hypothesis in the mid-twentieth century: a historical review

HRV recording systems have ranged from electrocardiogram (ECG) (Cassirame, Stuckey, Sheppard, & Tordi, 2013; Toufan, Kazemi, Akbarzadeh, Ataei, & Khalili, 2012) to more accessible systems like heart rate monitors (Gamelin, Baquet, Berthoin, & Bosquet, 2008; Parrado et al., 2010), to indirect measures using techniques such as photoplethysmograph (Capdevila, Moreno, Movellan, Parrado, & Ramos-Castro, 2012; Poh, McDuff, & Picard, 2010) or ballistocardiograph (Friedrich, Aubert, Fuhr, & Brauers, 2010; Ramos-Castro et al., 2012).