Yes, an apical pulse is heard with a stethoscope placed over the apex of the heart, and is an accepted pulse measurement. It differs from an arterial pulse and is not considered as one of the accepted arterial pulse points in that it does not measure pulse being palpated where an artery passes over a bone, but rather is listened for directly over the heart.
February 8th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Yes, an apical pulse is heard with a stethoscope placed over the apex of the heart, and is an accepted pulse measurement. It differs from an arterial pulse and is not considered as one of the accepted arterial pulse points in that it does not measure pulse being palpated where an artery passes over a bone, but rather is listened for directly over the heart.
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