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                    <span style="font-size:14px;">Precardium: Inspection</span><br/>
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                    To identify apex of the heart. To detect enlargement of RV, aorta and pulmonary artery.<br /><br />
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Slide 1: Precardium: Inspection To identify apex of the heart. To detect enlargement of RV, aorta and pulmonary artery.

Slide 2: Method Of Exam  Inspect the precordium tangentially while the patient is laying flat in bed from either the patient's head or foot for symmetry and pulsations.

Slide 3:Normal:  The precordium is symmetrical.  In thin individuals, the apical impulse is recognizable.  Apical impulse is located in 5th interspace just internal to midclavicular line.  The left precordium will dip slightly during systole.

Slide 4: Abnormal Finding  Bulge  Precordial: Implies onset during childhood ( RV hypertrophy.)  Aortic area bulge:( Aortic aneurysm)

Slide 5: Abnormal Finding  Pulsations  Precordial : RV

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