Examination of Precordial Apical Impulse
Nirmal Gupta
National Teacher and Professor and Head Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. 226014. |
Clinical Examination of Precordial Apical ImpulseObserving and palpating cardiac apical impulse is an important part of systemic cardiac examination. It can provide generous information about several pathophysiologic abnormalities that occur in a diseased heart. No cardiac examination is complete without this important step.
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