Apparatus for public use adapted to detect cardiovascular diseases by checking the heart pulsations and comprising a sensitive plate arranged on the front side of the apparatus and having marks for positioning the fingers of the user on said plate in combination with means for detecting and transducing the blood pulsations in the arteries of the finger tips of the user, means for amplifying electric signals delivered by said transducing means and means connected to the output of said amplifying means for sound, visual and/or graphical display of said amplified signals.
