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Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... Jugular venous distension ... heart sounds, JVD ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
(video). ... the underlying diagnosis ... extra sound is a pericardial ... #Clinical #Neck ... #JVP #Jugular #
Beck’s Triad in Cardiac Tamponade - 3 D’s Mnemonic

1) Distended Jugular Veins (JVD)
2) Decreased Arterial Pressure
1) Distended Jugular ... Veins (JVD) 2) ... Tamponade #3D #Pericardial ... #Effusion #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Mnemonic
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
In AVNRT, the atria ... EKG of the same ... are enough to diagnose ... that’s called “clinical ... #Cardiology #Neck
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 ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
contraction of atria ... A wave in the JV ... #dissociation #clinical ... #video #JVP #jugular ... #neck #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... 100/82, HR 74, JVP ... circumferential pericardial ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... stratification #diagnosis