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Program Progress:

Go to Harvey's bedside, select condition 17, and evaluate our patient's: Precordial Impulse Location and Size


Let us continue the bedside examination by evaluating precordial, or chest wall movements. Let’s evaluate the apical impulse. I feel the impulse located here, anterior axillary line, sixth-to-seventh intercostal space. I am placing light pressure on the impulse, and I feel it’s a “silver dollar” sized impulse, not a dime, not a quarter - more like a silver dollar.


Choose the best description of the location and size of the apical impulse.