Bounding pulse
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Bounding pulse is a medical sign
characterized as a leaping and forceful pulse
that quickly disappears. To feel a bounding pulse, the radial artery
is lightly palpated at the distal palmar edge. It is best detected when the arm is held aloft.
Bouding pulse is normal under heavy exercise, pregnancy, alcohol consumption, or high anxiety. It is common for people over the age of 60 to develop signs of this due to an overall increase in the systolic pressure from hardening arteries (Atherosclerosis
). However, this does not mean the presence of a bounding pulse in an older person is not clinically significant. A bounding pulse is also often associated with high blood pressure
and large stroke volume
, and can occur with many pathological conditions, including:
Medical sign
A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient....
characterized as a leaping and forceful pulse
Pulse
In medicine, one's pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed against a bone, such as at the neck , at the wrist , behind the knee , on the inside of the elbow , and near the...
that quickly disappears. To feel a bounding pulse, the radial artery
Radial artery
In human anatomy, the radial artery is the main blood vessel, with oxygenated blood, of the lateral aspect of the forearm.-Course:The radial artery arises from the bifurcation of the brachial artery in the cubital fossa. It runs distally on the anterior part of the forearm...
is lightly palpated at the distal palmar edge. It is best detected when the arm is held aloft.
Bouding pulse is normal under heavy exercise, pregnancy, alcohol consumption, or high anxiety. It is common for people over the age of 60 to develop signs of this due to an overall increase in the systolic pressure from hardening arteries (Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of fatty materials such as cholesterol...
). However, this does not mean the presence of a bounding pulse in an older person is not clinically significant. A bounding pulse is also often associated with high blood pressure
Hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...
and large stroke volume
Stroke volume
In cardiovascular physiology, stroke volume is the volume of blood pumped from one ventricle of the heart with each beat. SV is calculated using measurements of ventricle volumes from an echocardiogram and subtracting the volume of the blood in the ventricle at the end of a beat from the volume...
, and can occur with many pathological conditions, including:
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