Studies of Fluorocardiography in Normal Subjects

Abstract

A study of 15 normal subjects has been performed by using fluorocardiography, a method which permits recording on a continuous film of the pulsations of various cardiovascular structures revealed by the x-ray. Simultaneous tracings of the heart sounds were recorded. In this study, particular attention was devoted to the pattern of the pulsations of the ascending aorta; the pulsation of the pulmonary veins; the velocity of the pulse waves in the pulmonary circulation; and the shape and meaning of the tracing of the pulmonary parenchyma.