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Vektorballistokardiografiya

Vektorballistokardiografiya (Latin vector – the lat bearing +. ballista – the throwing tool, from Greek ballo – to throw, to throw + Greek kardia – heart + Greek grapho – I write; synonym: a ballistokardiografiya vector) – a way of studying of action of the heart by means of the analysis of the direction and size of speed, acceleration or movement of a body of the person (or systems a bodied platform) under the influence of forces appearing at the movement of blood on large vessels and cardiac performance; based on comparison synchronously written down vertical, cross and longitudinal баллистокардиограмм.

 
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Even if heart of the person does not fight, then he all the same can live during a long period, as the Norwegian fisherman Jan Revsdal showed us. Its "motor" stopped for 4 hours after the fisherman got lost and fell asleep in snow.