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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 ...
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 the heart ...
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a rare heart condition characterized by the thickening of your heart muscle near the bottom of your left ventricle. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ( HCM, or HOCM when obstructive) is a condition in which muscle tissues of the heart become thickened without an obvious cause. [8] The parts of the heart most commonly affected are the interventricular septum and the ventricles. [10]
Left ventricular function can be assessed by determining the apical impulse. A normal or hyperdynamic apical impulse suggests good ejection fraction and primary MR. A displaced and sustained apical impulse suggests decreased ejection fraction and chronic and severe MR. This type of murmur is known as the Castex Murmur. Holosystolic (pansystolic)
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 ...
The cardiac conduction system ( CCS, also called the electrical conduction system of the heart) [1] transmits the signals generated by the sinoatrial node – the heart 's pacemaker, to cause the heart muscle to contract, and pump blood through the body's circulatory system. The pacemaking signal travels through the right atrium to the ...
Coronal (frontal) plane: separates the front (anterior) and back ( posterior) of the body. Sagittal (longitudinal) plane: separates the left and right sides of the body. Transverse (axial) plane ...