The primary purpose of the cardiac examination is to assess the structure and function of the heart as a muscular pump and to evaluate it for possible malfunctions. Because heart disease is so common ...

THE classical jugular phlebogram (JP) is a composite record of arterial and venous pulsations. Mackenzie 1 noted that if the carotid arterial pulse wave could be subtracted from the JP we would have ...

An S4 heart sound cannot be present during atrial fibrillation (atrial kick is required). An S3 heart sound cannot be present in the setting of severe mitral stenosis. An S3 heart sound can be present ...

What is a “cannon A wave” in the jugular venous pulse? A “cannon A wave” occurs when the right atrium contracts against a closed tricuspid valve causing a large pulsation to occur in the jugular ...