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Definition of Area of cardiac dullness
1. Noun. A triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs.
Medical Definition of Area of cardiac dullness
1. A triangular area determined by percussion of the front of the chest; it corresponds to the part of the heart that is not covered by lung tissue. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Area Of Cardiac Dullness
Literary usage of Area of cardiac dullness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physical diagnosis by Wallace Dickinson Rose (1922)
"In children it is not uncommon to find the superior limit of the area of cardiac
dullness occupying the second interspace in the left parasternal line, ..."
2. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"Careful mapping out of the area of cardiac dullness may afford valuable information
as to the part of the heart involved in the enlargement. ..."
3. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1917)
"... consists of an increase of the area of cardiac dullness following percussion
over the epigastric region. In Abrams' reflex the left ventricle is chiefly ..."
4. The Theory and practice of medicine by Frederick Thomas Roberts (1884)
"Extent and directions of increase, (i) The area of cardiac dullness may be
increased more or less, this being usually associated with some change in shape. ..."
5. Differential diagnosis: A Manual of the Comparative Semeiology of the More by Francis de Havilland Hall, Frank Woodbury (1879)
"area of cardiac dullness not al- ! 8. Increased area of dullness, if fluid tered.
be also present. DIFFERENTIAL SIGNS OF CARDIAC DILATATION AND PERICARDITIS ..."
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