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Approach to the Cardiac Patient
  • Introduction to the Cardiac Patient
    • History
    • Physical Examination
      • Reference
  • Cardiovascular Examination
    • General reference
    • Vital Signs
      • Ankle-brachial index (ABI)
      • Orthostatic changes
      • Pulsus paradoxus
      • Vital signs references
    • Pulses
      • Peripheral pulses
      • Carotid pulses
    • Veins
      • Peripheral veins
      • Neck veins
      • Veins references
    • Chest Inspection and Palpation
      • Inspection
      • Palpation
    • Lung Examination
      • Lung examination reference
    • Abdominal and Extremity Examination
      • Abdomen
      • Extremities
    • Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
    • Point-of-care ultrasound references
  • Cardiac Auscultation
    • Systolic heart sounds
    • Diastolic heart sounds
    • Approach to murmurs
    • Systolic murmurs
    • Diastolic murmurs
    • Continuous murmurs
    • Pericardial friction rub
    • Reference
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