Inspection

  1. Precordium contour
  2. Blood vessels
  3. Chest pulsation

Palpation

  1. Tenderness
  2. Parasternal heaving
  3. Thrill
  4. Apex localization

Percussion

  • Liver expansion

Auscultation

  1. Heart sounds → Normal (first & second heart sounds ) & Third & forth heart sounds
  2. Added sounds → murmurs ⇒ timing Systolic murmurs → physiological and pathological Diastolic murmurs → always pathological