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Cardiac Auscultation Maneuvers for Murmurs
Maneuvers result in INCREASED murmur:
 • Inspiration - Right-sided
 • Valsalva -
Cardiac Auscultation ... Maneuvers for Murmurs ... #Murmurs #Cardiac ... #cardiology #physicalexam ... #diagnosis
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... #Murmurs #Maneuvers ... #Heart #Cardiology ... #PhysicalExam # ... Diagnosis
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
Murmur • Occurs ... • Increase intensity ... • Decrease intensity ... #Murmur #Cardiac ... #Cardiology #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Flow Murmur

crescendo-decrescendo, early to mid-systolic 

Increases Intensity: Laying supine, hyperkinetic 
circulatory states (e.g., anemia, 
fever,
Pulmonary Flow Murmur ... ) Decreases Intensity ... up or standing, maneuvers ... #Cardiac #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis
Cardiac Auscultation - Murmur Intensity Grading
Grade 1	Audible with a good stethoscope in a quiet room
Grade 2	Quiet
Cardiac Auscultation ... - Murmur Intensity ... #Intensity #Grading ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #physicalexam
Vitums Sign - Hepatic Pressure Maneuver to Identify Tricuspid Regurgitation on Physical Exam

Firm pressure with the
Hepatic Pressure Maneuver ... appearance or increase intensity ... regurgitation murmur ... Regurgitation #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... +S4, MR and TR Murmurs ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #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
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... murmur • Valvular ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... or other vagal maneuvers ... #Palpitations #Cardiology