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The Cardio Vascular
The Cardio Vascular
• Count interspaces
– Identify your ...
o Midsternal line
o Midclavicular line
o Anterior axillary line
o Midaxillary line
• Obesity and COPD may also limit your ability to identify its
precise location
• Make sure that you tell that patient what you are about
to do (and why) before actually performing this
maneuver
c. Rhythm
– Crescendo, decrescendo,
or both (sometimes called Decrescendo
diamond-shaped)
o Example, crescendo-
decrescendo systolic Both
murmur of aortic
stenosis