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The Frank N. Wilson Lecture in Cardiology, given at Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 19, 1940. From the Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School ...

Auscultation Over the Tricuspid Area (the Left Lower Sternal Border) When you have completed your examination of the apex, move to the left lower sternal border. Tricuspid murmurs and some asymmetric ...