The pulse is usually felt just inside the wrist below the thumb by placing two or three fingers lightly upon the radial artery. The examiner's thumb is never used to take a pulse because its own pulse is likely to be confused with that of the patient.

What is Anacrotic pulse?

Anacrotic pulse is a low volume pulse with slow upstroke, sustained peak and a slow downstroke, also a palpable notch in the ascending limb of pulse. Cause of anacrotic pulse. Aortic stenosis - here the percussion wave is delayed beyond the tidal wave.

What is plateau pulse?

[ plă-tō′ ] n. The slow, sustained pulse of aortic stenosis, producing a prolonged flat-topped curve in the sphygmogram.