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Lancisi's sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation - Physical Exam
Note the large systolic jugular venous wave caused
jugular venous wave caused ... by tricuspid regurgitation ... Analogous to pulsatile ... #Tricuspid #Regurgitation ... Neck #Jugular #JVP
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
Regurgitation ... monomorphic venous pulsation ... It is caused by ... #Tricuspid #Regurgitation ... Neck #Jugular #JVP
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Rheumatic Heart ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... Tricuspid Regurgitation ... #Algorithm #causes
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... myxoma, pulmonary hypertension ... , severe right heart ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... out Left-Sided Heart ... Stenosis • Tricuspid ... Regurgitation ... Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... PP and systolic hypertension ... ) • Tricuspid
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... disease, left heart ... PPHTN • Peak tricuspid ... regurgitation velocity ... - Mechanism: causes
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
ventricle (RV), tricuspid ... identify at slower heart ... “cannon waves” caused ... wave with mitral regurgitation ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Decreasing right heart ... function (JVD, ... splitting of S2, S3, tricuspid ... regurgitation) ... with right heart