Category: Cardiology

Auscultatory gap is the absence of Korotkoff sounds while recording blood pressure for a short period. If the cuff pressure is not raised well above the palpatory blood

Anyone working in the emergency department or intensive care unit would have experienced difficulty in deciding whether a given wide QRS tachycardia is of supraventricular or ventricular origin.

Beginners in clinical medicine often have difficulty in localizing the apex beat, especially in slightly obese individuals. Initial check of apex beat can be with the subject reclining