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Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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Kussmaul's Sign ... with + Kussmaul sign ... DDx includes constriction ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Epley Maneuver for BPPV

Epley manuver
 - Epley begins after the last step of the Dix Hallpike
BPPV Epley manuver ... last step of the Dix ... the 20 degree neck ... Keep the head and neck ... #Management #BPPV
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
Lancisi's Sign ( ... school before I did ... , you can dx the ... #Fibrillation #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #Cardiology
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
O2, Monitors, ECG ... worsening brady, Signs ... . 3) Consider DDx ... your Patients DIE ... differential #management #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
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Tachycardias DDx ... - Brugada's sign ... - Josephson's sign ... VentricularTachycardia #Versus #ecg ... #ekg #cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... ’s called Frog sign ... PhysicalExam #JVP #Cardiology ... #Neck #Frog #Sign
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
aVR • Classic EKG ... in aVR > 0.7: ppv ... complex tachycardia ddx ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis #ekg ... #differential #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... 0.15mV women • DDx ... Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Neck: “dropping ... Serologic and EMG ... Clinical DX: - ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... We did a transthoracic ... pocus #clinical #cardiology