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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis and Causes ... Prominent X and Y Descents ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
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 ... constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... HOCM) - Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Maneuvers An algorithm ... regurgitation; HOCM ... hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy ... Heart #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... include restrictive cardiomyopathy ... #physicalexam # ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... Causes = RV failure ... , restrictive CM ... pericarditis (this case ... #PhysicalExam #
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... clearly discernible descents ... has Kussmaul's sign ... PHTN #JVP #Neck #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Kussmaul's #sign ... Commonest cause ... Constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... SVC obstruction cause ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
is also a late sign ... are observed for signs ... normally extends 1—2 cm ... intra-abdominal masses ... Newborn #Infant #PhysicalExam