Peripheral (i.e., better at the wrist than at the arm or at the neck) because peripheral arteries magnify elastic
swings. Hence, they are very good for detecting pulsus paradoxus and pulsus alternans, but very bad for the
parvus and tardus of aortic stenosis.
swings. Hence, they are very good for detecting pulsus paradoxus and pulsus alternans, but very bad for the
parvus and tardus of aortic stenosis.