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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 ... and other rarer causes ... #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Video #Clinical #Neck ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
on Neck Physical ... with constrictive pericarditis ... cardiomyopathy, massive pulmonary ... #PhysicalExam # ... #Veins #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... the underlying cause ... = constrictive pericarditis ... #JVP #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... with constrictive pericarditis ... #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Respiratory: • Pulmonary ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... Block • Pacemaker ... Syndrome #Syncope #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... by pulmonary HTN ... the underlying diagnosis ... Giant #PHTN #JVP #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... valve prolapse • Pacemaker-mediated ... tachycardia • Pericarditis ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Palpitations #Cardiology