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Although the arterial pulse, which is considered a fundamental clinical sign of life, has been the subject of study by many physiologists as well as clinicians in the past (1–28), it received less attention by clinicians for many years after the discovery of the sphygmomanometer (29).
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Ranganathan, N., Sivaciyan, V., Saksena, F.B. (2006). Arterial Pulse. In: Ranganathan, N., Sivaciyan, V., Saksena, F.B. (eds) The Art and Science of Cardiac Physical Examination. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-023-2_2
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