group I; cirrhosis without anemia and ascites,

group II; cirrhosis with ascites only,

group III; cirrhosis with anemia only, and

group IV; cirrhosis with ascites and anemia.

In the resting state of the patients, the systolic time intervals and hemodynamic data were measured by the high speed simultaneous recordings of electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, carotid and femoral arterial pulse tracings, and compared with those obtained from 155 normal adult subjects.

1. The pulse were increased considerably in group IV, and diastolic blood pressure was elevated in group II with significance.

2. The stroke volume and cardiac output were increased significantly in group III.

3. The peripheral resistance was reduced particularly in group III, and the volume elasticit coefficient was decreased in group IV.

4. The QS1 interval was prolonged significantly in group II and IV, but QS1 interval corrected by multiple regression equation proposed by our laboratory (illustrated in the text) did not show significant difference compared with that of normal subjects.

5. The left ventricular ejection time(LVET) and total electromechanical systole(QS 2) appeared to be shortened in group II and IV, but the corrected LVET and QS 2 were not different significantly from those of the normal subjects