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Apical beat

Apical beat (synonym: an apical cardiac beat) – the pulsation of a front wall of a thorax noted in a heart top prileganiye zone density dependent a myocardium and change of a shape of heart at the beginning of every period of a systole; normal it can be found palpatorno (in thin people – visually) on 1-2 cm medialny (closer to the median plane) the left median and clavicular line in the fifth mezhreberye.

 
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