Heart Muscle Diseases (Cardiomyopathies): Examination

A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps: General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further: Inspection (viewing). Of the skin and mucous membranes Neck vein congestion? Edema (praetibial edema?/water retention in the area of the lower leg/before the tibia, ankle; in supine patients: presacral/before the sacrum). … Heart Muscle Diseases (Cardiomyopathies): Examination