| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (8, 108) for evaluating a blood-ejecting function of a heart of a living subject, including a pressure pulse wave sensor (46) which is adapted to be worn on a body portion (42) of the subject to detect a pressure pulse wave (SM2) which is produced from an artery (56) of the subject in synchronism with a heartbeat of the subject, first determining means (70) for determining a first value of an index corresponding to a systolic area which is defined by a waveform of a first heartbeat-synchronous pulse of the pressure pulse wave detected by the pressure pulse wave sensor before the subject undergoes a physical exercise, second determining means (72) for determining a second value of the index corresponding to a systolic area which is defined by a waveform of a second heartbeat-synchronous pulse of the pressure pulse wave detected by the pressure pulse wave sensor after the subject undergoes the physical exercise, and evaluating means (74) for evaluating the blood-ejecting function of the heart of the subject, based on the determined first and second values of the index. <IMAGE></p> |
