(1) Biomedical Engineering Department, Chongqing University, 400044 Chongqing, China;(2) Bo-Jing Medical Informatics Institute, 400044 Chongqing, China
Abstract:
Background
Although a very close relationship between the amplitude of the first heart sound (S1) and the cardiac contractility have been proven by previous studies, the absolute value of S1 can not be applied for evaluating cardiac contractility. However, we were able to devise some indicators with relative values for evaluating cardiac function.