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Cardiac Exam - Precordial Impulses
You are
incorrect
- our patient's apical impulse is normal in location and enlarged.
Your choice:
Normal location and size
Dime size = 1.8 cm
The normal location of the apical impulse is the fifth intercostal space at the mid clavicular line and it is dime-size.
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