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Overview. Your pulse is the vibration of blood as your heart pumps it through your arteries. You can feel your pulse by placing your fingers over a large artery that lies close to your skin. The ...
Apex beat. The apex beat (lat. ictus cordis ), also called the apical impulse, [1] is the pulse felt at the point of maximum impulse ( PMI ), which is the point on the precordium farthest outwards (laterally) and downwards (inferiorly) from the sternum at which the cardiac impulse can be felt. The cardiac impulse is the vibration resulting from ...
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a very rapid heartbeat (usually between 151 and 250 beats per minute, or BPM) and can cause a number of serious health issues.
It’s the most common arrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, occurs when many unstable electrical impulses misfire, causing your atria to quiver erratically. AFib causes your heart to beat ...
Heart murmurs are unique heart sounds produced when blood flows across a heart valve or blood vessel. [1] This occurs when turbulent blood flow creates a sound loud enough to hear with a stethoscope. [2] Turbulent blood flow is not smooth. [3] The sound differs from normal heart sounds by their characteristics.
The cardiovascular examination is a portion of the physical examination that involves evaluation of the cardiovascular system. The exact contents of the examination will vary depending on the presenting complaint but a complete examination will involve the heart (cardiac examination), lungs (pulmonary examination), belly (abdominal examination) and the blood vessels (peripheral vascular ...
pulmonary embolism. cardiomyopathy. Other potential causes of RBBB include: heart attack. heart failure. infection in the heart tissue or valves. minor chest trauma. Also, as you age, your heart ...
Sit or lie down on your bed, couch, or floor. Bend your leg a little, but not enough that your foot is flat on the floor. Wrap your hand around your knee so your fingers are against the soft ...