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Corrigan's Pulse for Aortic Regurgitation

 - Dr Rohin Francis
@MedCrisis

#Corrigans #Pulse #PhysicalExam #Video #Neck #AorticRegurgitation #Signs #Diagnosis
for Aortic Regurgitation ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Neck #AorticRegurgitation ... #Signs #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Clinical
Dancing Carotids - Corrigan's Pulse in severe Aortic Regurgitation on Physical Exam

Patient referred for palpitations and
in severe Aortic ... Regurgitation on ... Patient referred for palpitations ... #severe #AorticRegurgitation ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unequal ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Stenosis: • Anacrotic ... regurgitation
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... Maneuvers An algorithm ... PS, pulmonary stenosis ... ; AS, aortic stenosis ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... insufficiency, stenosis ... • Severe aortic ... regurgitation
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
pressure (pulse ... murmur of valvular regurgitation ... or stenosis, weight ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider cardiac
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Symptoms: • Palpitations ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... with afibb) • Pulse ... severe mitral stenosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... change CV risk Chest ... stratification #diagnosis