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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Concordant with S1 - X-Descent ... Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent ... Algorithm #diagnosis #cardiology ... #physicalexam
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... • y descent - ... Waveforms #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Prominent x descent ... myxoma - Rapid y descent ... defect - Absent y descent ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Cor Triatriatum on Echocardiogram

 - EchoTalk Echocardiography
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Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect
Cor Triatriatum ... the left atrium (cor ... right atrium (cor ... Echocardiogram #A4C #POCUS ... Clinical #Congenital #Cardiology
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
Care UltraSound (POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Demonstration of the parasternal heave using a long Q-tip, known as the "Cooney technique" ( @
perfectly with the X descent ... #Heave #QTip #PhysicalExam ... PrecordialImpulse #Cardiology
Proximal aorta longitudinal view demonstrating the abdominal aorta (red arrows), the celiac trunk (yellow arrow) and
superficial as it descends ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #Aorta
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
The rapid Y descent ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
(sharp/deep Y-descent ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
clearly discernible descents ... PHTN #JVP #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology