Our patient's carotid arterial pulse was hypokinetic, or diminished. [Cut-away]
Now, what does that tell us? Clearly, it confirms what we observed with the blood pressure. Recall we had a narrow pulse pressure, and the diminished, or hypokinetic carotid arterial pulse is consistent with that. It does suggest that our patient may well be having an extensive myocardial infarction with a diminished cardiac output.