MEDiscuss • vBCms Comments • Article: Examination of Cardiac Apex Beat

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Thank you very very much for this. For the first time now, I have 'understood' the types of apex beat and now I can also rattle 6 causes for absent apex! Hope to see more here...

Same here... I liked the article here. For teh first time I understood the apex beat classification.

That post was just great. I really wanted that mnemonic. Thanks a lot!

hi thank u for overview. so many clinical med texts differ between hyperkinetic and hyperdynamic etc. my question is can u by palpating the apex, eliciting a hyperdynamic, volume overloaded ventricle, by inference, say the patient has a cardiomyopathy?thank u

well I have liked that post and I think it is great. for a newbie like me.

This is the best info I have seen on cardiac apex. I like especially the flow chart that you have created above. Absolutely clear, except that I was not sure how a S1 would be like to 'palpate'..

very nice depiction.i liked it. but can u suggest any method to know if an apex beat is left ventricular in type or right ventricular???

goody........can u tell more about THRILLS?

makes cardiology interesting!