INDEX 



753 



jugular venous pulse in, 704 

 newborn infant, 439 

 patent ductus arteriosus and, 458 

 production of, 668 

 pulmonary embolism and, 465 

 pulmonary vasoconstriction and, 671 

 tricuspid incompetence and, 670 

 ventricular septal defects and, 458 

 Pulmonary regurgitation 



hemodynamic changes due to, 451 

 tolerance to, 668 

 Pulmonary stenosis 



aortic-pulmonary defect with, 470 

 arterial pulse contours in, 450 

 atrial septal defect and, 462 



hemodynamics, 473 

 cardiac incompetence, 668 

 catheterization studies, 669 

 cause of death, 669-670 

 classification, 669 



hemodynamic changes due to, 450 

 in dogs, 669 



jugular venous pulse in, 704 

 oxygenation and, 669 

 pressure gradient, right \entricle and 



pulmonary artery, 669 

 pulmonary vessel pressures and, 669- 



670 

 right atrial pressure and 669 

 right atrial pulse pressure and, 655 

 right ventricular, pulmonary and 



systemic arterial pressures and, 474 

 ventricular septal defect and, 471 



hemodynamics, 471 



pulmonary blood How and, 472 



systemic blood flow and, 472 

 with tricuspid valve deformities, 670 

 Pulmonary vascular resistance 

 acetylcholine and, 459, 465 

 anatomical changes and, 459, 671 

 left atrial pressure and, 459, 671 

 left-to-right shunts and, 459 

 pulmonary artery pressure and, 464 

 pulmonary blood vessels and, 670 

 shunts and, 457 

 total 



arteriolar, in man, 440 



in man, 440 

 vasomotor tone of pulmonary vessels 



and, 459 

 ventricular septal defect and, 453, 458, 



459 

 Pulmonic incompetence 



cardiac insufficiency, 668 



hemodynamic changes, 668 

 Pulse pressure 



factors in, 3 



stroke volume and, 557 

 Pulse wave 



character of tube and, 1 10 



contour 



abnormal characteristics, 562 



physiological condition of animals 

 and, 561 

 clamping, 108, 125 



frequency and, 1 1 4 



wall friction and, 1 12-1 17 

 dispersion, 120-122 

 dynaiTiic elasticity and viscosity, 1 1 1 

 electrical analog, 130-132 

 Fourier coefficients, 1 2 1 

 fundamental equations, 108 

 harmonic analysis, 120-122 

 hydrodynamic considerations, 128-130 

 mathematics of, 108 

 phase and group velocity, 120-122 

 reflection, 122-129 

 transmission time, 561 

 velocity and arterial distensibility, 



555-556 

 viscosity of filling liquid, 118-119 

 Pulse wave propagation 



complex reflection coefficient and, 



■34- '35 

 damping constants versus frequency, 



117 

 dispersion phase, group velocity and 



harmonic analysis, 120-122 

 dynamic elasticity and viscosity, 111- 



"3 

 electric analog of elastic tube, 130-133 

 equations for, 108-1 1 1 

 fundamentals of, 108-1 11 

 harmonic analysis, 1 2 1 

 hydrodynamic, 129-130 

 internal wall function, damping and 



speed, 113-117 

 normal, 441 

 phase and group velocity as functions 



of frequency, 1 20 

 pressure amplitude, frequency and, 1 16 

 refiection and, 122-129 

 speed 



at various pressures, 561 



frequency and, 1 1 4 



wall friction and, 1 12-1 17 

 time, coarctation of aorta and, 441 

 viscosity of fluid, damping and speed of, 



I 1B-120 

 volume, 109 



Womersley's theory and, 129-132 

 Pulsus alternans 

 definition, 659 

 Purkinje fibers 



conduction velocities, 300 

 description of, 289 

 glycogen, 290 



penetration of ventricular walls, 303 

 threshold potential, Ca and, 166 

 PVP; see Polyvinylpyrrolidone 

 Pyridoxin 

 in heart, 228 

 in skeletal muscle, 228 



Pyruvate oxidation 



in cardiac muscle, 210 

 Pyruvic dehydrogenase system schema, 

 210 



QRS complex 



adrenaline and, 359-360 

 area 



spatial, azimuthal and elevational 



angles of, 372 

 ventricular gradient and, 378, 379 

 areas, magnitude, 372 

 calculations of vector positions, 370- 



371 

 conduction velocity and, 359 

 duration of, 350 



factors affecting, 360 



growth and, 360 



heart rate and, 370 



interpretation, 360 



total, 370 



weight and, 360 

 form, 360 

 interpretation, 354, 358 



in ventricular extrasystole, 400 

 lead II in dog, 291 

 loop 



angle of long axis, 374 



maximal vector, 374 

 mean direction of activity, 210, 309 

 normal characteristics, 368-369 

 normal vector loop, 373 

 ouabain and, 359-360 

 quinidine, 359-360 

 recording of, 309 



vector directions, in animals, 362, 401 

 vector loop, rotation, 375 

 vectorial analysis, 370 



of area, 364 

 see also Electrocardiogram 

 QT inters al 



calcium and, 391 

 duration, 382 



action potentials and, 382 



heart rate and, 382 



heart rate formula. 382 



heart size and, 401 



K and, 383 



relative, 382 

 Quinidine 



action potential and, 177, 179 

 cardiac metabolism and, 1 79 

 cardiac muscle contractility and, 177- 



180 

 conduction velocity of single fibers and, 



359 

 digitalis and, 182-188 

 ECG and, 339, 392 

 electrical changes in heart and, 177 

 external K concentration and, 1 79 

 heart potassium and, 1 79 



