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The amplitude of the calibrated apical A wave (A), its first derivative (dA/dt), its normalized first derivative ( dA/dt/A) and its value expressed as a percentage of the total systolic deflection (A/H) were derived from calibrated left apexcardiograms in 64 normal subjects and in 150 patients with heart disease. A is significantly increased in patients with pressure and volume overload of the left ventricle, in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, in congestive cardiomyopathy and in ischemic heart disease in the presence of left ventricular asynergy (p 6X/sec is always associated with an S. To a certain degree peak dA/dt can differentiate between a physiologic and pathologic S4. The intensity of S4 depends more on the rate of rise of the A wave than on its total amplitude.
Denef et al. (Sat,) studied this question.