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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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What’s the diagnosis ... No constriction! ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #A3C #SeptalBounce
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Pericardium • Constrictive ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram

Patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of dyspnea. JVP was enough to
was referred to cardiology ... was enough to diagnose ... and Kussmaul’s sign ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... associated with constrictive ... infarction, massive PE ... #cardiology #differential ... #causes
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... production to cause ... Nuclear SPECT ($$$), PET ... CT/MRI ($$$$) ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... on Chest CT • Parallel ... bronchiectasis, CF ... ILD, necrotizing pna ... #diagnosis #radiology
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
sign which consists ... may aid in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest CT ... #CriticalCare #Radiology ... #Cardiology #HamptonHump
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... show symptoms or signs ... patients with a diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive