Term
| Absence of Schamroth’s space or nail bed angle |
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Definition
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Term
| Beau’s lines [transverse grooves in nails] |
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Definition
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Term
| Carotid bruit [whooshing sound] |
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Definition
| Significantly narrowed artery |
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Term
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Definition
| Bacterial endocarditis and Fallot tetralogy |
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Term
| Cyanosis-central [blue lips, fingers and toes] |
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Definition
| Severe respiratory distress, Fallot tetralogy |
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Term
| Cyanosis-peripheral [blue fingers and toes] |
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Definition
| Cold temperatures, Raynaud’s disease |
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Term
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Definition
| Increase risk of a heart attack |
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Term
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Definition
| Superior Vena Cava obstruction |
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Term
| Diastolic murmur in 2nd RICS |
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Definition
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Term
| Elevated Jugular Venous Pressure |
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Definition
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Term
| Diastolic murmur in 5th LICS |
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Definition
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Term
| Displaced apex beat outside of 5th LICS |
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Definition
| Left ventricular hypertrophy |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Erythema marginatum, cardiac murmur, joint pains |
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Definition
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Term
| Hepatojugular reflex [↑JVP with RUQ pressure] |
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Definition
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Term
| Koilonychia [spoon-shaped nails] |
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Definition
| Severe iron deficiency anemia |
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Term
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Definition
| Right ventricular hypertrophy |
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Term
| Loss of hair on the dorsum of the foot and toes |
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Definition
| Peripheral Vascular Disease |
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Term
| Malar flush [red flushed cheeks] |
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Definition
| SLE, mitral stenosis, carcinoid tumors |
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Term
| Midsystolic click in 5th LICS |
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Definition
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Term
| Pale nail beds, mucosa or tongue |
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Definition
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Term
| Pansystolic murmur in 5th LICS |
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Definition
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Term
| Peripheral edema bilateral |
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Definition
| CHF, cirrhosis and renal disease |
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Term
| Peripheral edema unilateral |
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Definition
| Deep vein thrombosis, cellulitis |
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Term
| Precordial thrill [palpable murmur] |
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Definition
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Term
| Pulsus alternans [strong beat followed by weak] |
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Definition
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Term
| Pulsus bigeminus [double beats] |
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Definition
| Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy |
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Term
| Pulsus magnus [bounding pulse] |
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Definition
| Fever, anemia, hyperthyroidism |
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Term
| Pulsus paradoxus [pulse decreases in inspiration] |
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Definition
| >10 mm Hg: asthma, cardiac tamponade |
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Term
| Pulsus parvus [low volume pulse] |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Subclavian steal syndrome |
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Term
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Definition
| Normal in healthy young adults |
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Term
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Definition
| Hypertension and cardiomyopathy |
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Term
| Splinter hemorrhage [brown steaks on nails] |
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Definition
| Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis |
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Term
| Systolic murmur in 2nd RICS |
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Definition
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Term
| Systolic murmur in the 5th LICS midclavicular line |
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Definition
| Mitral regurgitation [incompetence] |
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Term
| Titubation [nodding of head with heart beat] |
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Definition
| Aortic regurgitation [incompetence] |
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Term
| Tracheal tug [downward pull on trachea] |
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Definition
| Aneurysm of the arch of the aorta |
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Term
| Xanthelasma [yellow eyelid deposits] |
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Definition
| Hyperlipidemia [in 50% of patients] |
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Term
| Water hammer pulse [bounding pulse] |
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Definition
| Fever, anemia, hyperthyroidism |
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