In a method of noninvasive measurement of parameters of diastolic function
of left ventricle and automated evaluation of the measured profile at
rest and with exercise, a patient performs an isometric exercise. An
external pressure sensor and heart sounds microphone are applied in a
non-invasive manner on the thoracic wall to obtain a left ventricular
pressure mirroring curve (pressocardiogram) and simultaneously the heart
sounds (phonocardiogram). An external unit determines and calculates
characteristic diastolic parameters derived from the pressocardiographic
curve and phonocardiogram at rest, during and after exercise, converts
each said pressocardiogram into a digital waveform in the time domain,
and automatically categorizes the mentioned characteristic parameters
based on exact categorization criteria for defining several
differentialforms of diastolic dysfunction of left ventricle in human
beings.