The apical pulse (or precordial impulse) originates from the bottom of the heart and is felt on the outer left chest wall just under the nipple. The apical pulse can provide information about ...

Muscular VSDs occur in the mid to apical interventricular septum and do not involve cardiac valves. A Gerbode defect is technically a type of ventricular septal defect, although this results in a ...

Heart failure: The portion of the heart that ... may mimic an acute ST segment elevation MI. With an anterior or apical aneurysm, the persistent ST elevation is in lead V1 and V2.

The recent appearance of an apical systolic murmur or an increase in intensity of a previous murmur was noted in only 2 patients. In the "spontaneous" group cardiac difficulty occurred at a mean ...

Root apical meristem is the region within the growing root containing meristematic cells. At the heart of the root apical meristem are the cells of the quiescent centre. The mechanisms underlying ...