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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 ...
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 ...
An average cardiac index is between 2.5 and 4.2 L/min/m 2. The most common definition of decreased cardiac output is measured by a cardiac index of less than 2.2 L/min/m 2 with symptoms and signs ...
Percutaneous coronary intervention is the general name for procedures that open up blocked coronary arteries, blood vessels that supply oxygen via blood to your heart muscles. Sometimes plaque ...
Percutaneous coronary intervention is a treatment procedure for atherosclerosis. During the procedure, doctors insert a thin catheter with a balloon tip into an artery, and then place a stent ...
Atherosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries"): The process whereby abnormal deposits of lipids, cholesterol, inflammatory cells, and plaque build-up lead to coronary artery disease and other ...
36.09, 00.66. [edit on Wikidata] Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. [2] The procedure is used to place and deploy coronary stents, a permanent wire-meshed tube, to open narrowed coronary arteries.
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 ...