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  2. Apex beat - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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    swelling (edema) in the lower half of the body. sudden weight gain. weakness and fatigue. chest pain. dizziness and fainting. heart palpitations. irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) You might develop ...

  4. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and ...

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    LVH can be present for a long time before any symptoms become obvious. But when symptoms are present, they can include: angina (chest pain that may worsen during physical activity) dizziness or ...

  5. Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms, Types, Treatment, and Causes

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    Symptoms include weakness, dizziness, shortness of breath, high blood pressure, and fluid retention, or edema. Treatment options for cardiomyopathy include lifestyle changes, medications, and ...

  6. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, echocardiogram (ECHO) has been used as a definitive noninvasive diagnostic tool in nearly all children. ECHO assesses cardiac ventricular size, wall thickness, systolic and diastolic function, and outflow obstruction. Thus, ECHO has been chosen as an ideal means to detect excessive wall thickening of cardiac muscle in HCM. [66]

  7. A Glossary of Heart Disease Terms - WebMD

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    Myocardial Biopsy (Cardiac biopsy): An invasive procedure to obtain a small piece of heart muscle tissue that is sent to a laboratory for analysis. Myocardial Infarction (Heart attack): See heart ...

  8. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Symptoms, Tests, Treatments - WebMD

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    Other people develop symptoms, which progress and worsen as heart function worsens. Symptoms of HCM can occur at any age and may include: Chest pain or pressure (occurs usually with exercise or ...

  9. Cardiac Muscle Tissue: Function, Structure, Conditions, and ...

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    Cardiac muscle tissue works to keep your heart pumping through involuntary movements. This is one feature that differentiates it from skeletal muscle tissue, which you can control. It does this ...

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