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Vaginal delivery was planned under continuous ECG monitoring ... First heart sound was variable, second heart sound normal and no murmurs were heard. Uterus was term size, relaxed, with cephalic ...

Brushstrokes pulse, an accretive force resisting closure, closer to the mechanics of breathing. This could be the painterly equivalent of a murmur that refuses to fade, a quiet defiance. ‘Sofía ...