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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
There is an extra heart ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
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 ... inability of the right heart ... and other rarer causes ... #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... small blue-colored spot ... the underlying cause ... #PhysicalExam # ... #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Channelopathies: Long/short ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Diagnosis - Absent ... , severe right heart ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Diagnosis Typically ... the JVP decreases ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
and Causes Clinical ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
, and elevated JVP ... is identified (video ... of diastolic heart ... highest on my differential ... #PhysicalExam #
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
are enough to diagnose ... the case as Typical ... excludes other differentials ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology