This is known as the fifth intercostal space at the mid-clavicular line. The location of the apical pulse can vary in the following circumstances: Other pulse sites are felt by placing the finger ...

The murmur of aortic regurgitation is a soft, high-pitched, early diastolic decrescendo murmur usually heard best at the third intercostal space on the left (Erb's point) at end expiration while ...

The tube is therefore placed in the sixth to eighth intercostal space, at the cranial aspect of the adjacent rib. A number of tubes made specifically for thoracostomy are commercially available.

Frequently, this is at the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line. When dilated cardiomyopathy is present, this can be shifted laterally. Also, a hyperdynamic PMI is seen in ...