[Echocardiokymography: a new ultrasonic technique. Patterns in normal subjects (author's transl)]

A new echocardiographic technique is presented: echocardiokymography. Parietal and valvular motion patterns are condensed in a single, two-dimensional image, showing the sisto-diastolic excursions, while keeping the spatial relationships. 65 normal subjects were studied and 4 motion patterns were identified: parietal muscular, parietal vascular, atrio-ventricular valvular and aortic valvular.