Apex beat: abnormalities found on palpation, causes of impalpable
Heaving
Impalpable
Laterally displaced
Thrusting/ Tapping
If it's impalpable, causes are COPD
COPD
Obesity
Pleural, Pericardial effusion
Dextrocardia
Mnemonic:
HILT
Impalpable
Laterally displaced
Thrusting/ Tapping
If it's impalpable, causes are COPD
COPD
Obesity
Pleural, Pericardial effusion
Dextrocardia
Mnemonic:
HILT
More mnemonics in this category
- Aorta vs. vena cava: right vs. left
- Aortic regurgitation: causes
- Aortic stenosis characteristics
- Aortic to left Subclavian path
- Atrial Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation causes
- Atrial fibrillation management
- Beck's triad (cardiac tamponade)
- Betablockers: cardioselective betablockers
- CHF Treatment
- CHF: causes of exacerbation
- Complications of Myocardial Infarction
- Coronary artery bypass graft: indications
- ECG: left vs. right bundle block
- Exercise ramp ECG: contraindications
- Heart blocks
- Heart valve sequence
- Heart valves (right to left)
- Infarctions
- JVP: wave form
- MI: basic management
- MI: signs and symptoms
- MI: therapeutic treatment
- MI: treatment of acute MI
- Murmur attributes
- Murmurs: innocent murmur features
- Murmurs: louder with inspiration vs expiration
- Murmurs: questions to ask
- Murmurs: systolic vs. diastolic
- Pericarditis: EKG
- Pericarditis: causes
- Peripheral vascular insufficiency: inspection criteria
- Pulseless electrical activity: causes
- ST elevation causes in ECG
- Supraventricular tachycardia: treatment
- Ventricular tachycardia: treatment