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Checking your apical pulse and what it can mean

Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD Key Takeaways The apical pulse is best felt on the chest wall over the heart's apex.A normal heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute at ...
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Long-term oncological outcomes of apical positive surgical margins at radical prostatectomy ...

Approximately 29–38% of all positive surgical margins (PSMs) at radical prostatectomy (RP) involve the apex. The prognostic significance of apical PSM remains unclear. We therefore compared the ...