apexcardiogram

apexcardiogram
Graphic recording of the movements of the chest wall produced by the apex beat of the heart.

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apex·car·dio·gram (a″peks-kahrґde-o-gram) a graphic record, in the form of a simple displacement curve, of the thrust of the apex of the heart as manifested on the surface of the body. Abbreviated ACG.

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