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Write about Heart Exam here.
- Visual Survey
- Breathlessness
- Cyanosis
- Pallor
- Malar flush
- Carotids
- Jugulars
- Valvotomy scar, midline scar
- Ankle oedema
- Clubbing, splinter haemorrhages
- Pulse (rate & rhythm)
- Lift up the arm (collapsing?)
- Radiofemoral delay
- Brachials and carotids (?slow rising?)
- Venous pressure
- Apex beat
- Tapping impulse
- Right ventricular lift
- Other pulsations, thrills, palpable sounds
- Auscultation
- Time heart sounds, etc.
- Turn patient onto left side
- Lean patient forwards
- Sacral oedema (?ankle oedema)
- Lung bases
- Liver
- Blood pressure
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