The primary purpose of the cardiac examination is to assess the structure and function of the heart as a muscular pump and to evaluate it for possible malfunctions. Because heart disease is so common ...
The metabolic syndrome increases one's risk of death from coronary artery disease threefold. [3] To lower the risk of acute coronary syndrome in patients, the clinician needs to evaluate and minimize ...
Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, APA PsycInfo, Cochrane Library and grey literature sources. Study eligibility criteria Observational and experimental studies assessing a ...
Auscultation of the heart is undertaken to establish whether the heart sounds are normal and if there are any addit… AbstractVOL: 103, ISSUE: 28, PAGE NO: 26Author Phil Jevon, PGCE, BSc, RN, is ...
A negative cardiac computed tomography angiogram (CTA)usually means adverse cardiac events are ruled out for a year after patients with chest pain are discharged. A negative cardiac computed ...
Abstract VOL: 103, ISSUE: 27, PAGE NO: 24 Phil Jevon, PGCE, BSc, RN, is resuscitation officer/clinical skills lead and honorary clinical lecturer, University of Birmingham Medical School Alan ...