Key Terms of Cardiovascular Assessment

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Across
  1. 2. an index of peripheral perfusion and cardiac output, should take less than 1-2 seconds
  2. 5. a gentle, closing, swooshing sound that can be heard on the chest wall
  3. 7. PMI
  4. 9. fifth intercostal space left midclavicular line
  5. 10. fourth intercostal space left sternal border
  6. 11. a sustained forceful thrusting of the ventricle during systole
  7. 12. second intercostal space left sternal border
  8. 13. arrhythmic throbbing or vibrating
  9. 14. a benign murmur heard just above the clavicles
Down
  1. 1. a weak contraction of the ventricles, when the sound of the heart and the pulse felt dont match
  2. 3. third intercostal space left sternal border
  3. 4. palpable vibration
  4. 6. second intercostal space right sternal border
  5. 8. the volume of blood in each systole times the number of beats per minute