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'''Sternotomy''' is the last part of the cardiac [[Physical Exam|exam]] that allows a health care provider to visualize the [[Alone (Song)|heart]] directly.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/12/heart/ Physical Exam Tips: The Heart (Gomerblog)]</ref>  It is best performed with a scalpel not a [[Stethoscope|stethoscope]].
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'''Sternotomy''' is the last part of the cardiac [[Physical Exam|exam]] that allows a health care provider to visualize the [[Alone (Song)|heart]] directly.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/12/heart/ Physical Exam Tips: The Heart]</ref>  It is best performed with a scalpel not a [[Stethoscope|stethoscope]].
 
 
 
 
'''Related Reading'''
 
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* [[Cardiac Catheterization]]
 
* [[Covert Operation]]
 
* [[DDT]]
 
* [[Dyspnea]]
 
* [[Heart-to-Heart]]
 
* [[The People's Elbow]]
 
* [[Physical Exam]]
 
* [[Precordial Thump]]
 
* [[Precranial Thump]]
 
* [[Pregenital Thump]]
 
* [[Stone Cold Stunner]]
 
* [[Troponin]]
 
  
  

Revision as of 16:19, 31 January 2017

"Now sit back, relax, while I make a midline excision... RELAX!!!"

Sternotomy is the last part of the cardiac exam that allows a health care provider to visualize the heart directly.[1] It is best performed with a scalpel not a stethoscope.


References


  1. Physical Exam Tips: The Heart


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