To determine whether the physical examination provides important prognostic information in patients with chronic heart failure, the authors performed a post-hoc analysis of 2479 participants from ...

In the USA, more than 1 million patients are admitted to the hospital with heart failure each year. This number is likely to increase owing to aging of the population, improved survival after ...

Other physical exam findings in patients with aortic stenosis include those of both right and left heart failure.

Chronic heart failure is a syndrome ... [Rovai 2007:3a] Physical examination in patients with right HF may reveal elevated jugular venous pressure, including hepatojugular reflux, lower extremity ...

The resting electrocardiogram (ECG) furnishes essential information for the diagnosis, management, and prognostic evaluation of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Almost any ECG ...