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Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... #Heart #Cardiology ... #PhysicalExam # ... Diagnosis
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
predictably w/ the cardiac ... block, or, as this case ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
, severe right heart ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... the underlying diagnosis ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #AWaves ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
before the first heart ... • c wave - caused ... y descent - is caused ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
and Causes Clinical ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... +S4, MR and TR Murmurs ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #cardiology #algorithm
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
transmitted to JV ... are enough to diagnose ... the case as Typical ... #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
There is an extra heart ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... • HYPOXIA PSYCHIATRIC ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... inability of the right heart ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck