Kinetocardiograms of 507 patients whose clinical records, physical examinations, and electrocardiograms were normal or essentially normal, and who demonstrated one of seven conduction defects, were classified into eight cardiac disease categories, one of which was a normal control. The kinetocardiogram wave patterns were then studied as a single basis for deriving a computer-assisted method of cardiac disease diagnosis. [See document for full abstract.] / Ph. D.