Description

ISBN: 978-90-77201-19-0

authors: Dr. E. van Duijnhoven & Dr. A. Gorgels

• Introduction
• History-taking
• The heart
• Position of the heart with respect to the thoracic wall
• Inspection
• General inspection
• Thorax shape
• Precordial impulses and retractions
• The apex
• Right ventricle impulses and retractions
• Other pulsations
• Jugular veins
• Palpation
• Percussion
• Auscultation
• Heart tones
• Auscultation points
• Murmurs
• Pericardial rub
• Heart examination procedure
• Peripheral circulation
• Inspection of the arterial and venous circulation
• Palpation of the venous and arterial circulation
• Palpation of the arteries
• Auscultation of the arteries
• Palpation of the veins
• Blood pressure measurement
• Procedure
• Influencing factors