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Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
F.
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Tricuspid Regurgitation ... Waveform #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Widened Pulse Pressure ... Pulse pressure ... Pulse Pressure = ... #Pressure #Differential ... #causes #cardiology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... Pressure - Differential ... - aortic regurgitation ... #Pressure #Differential ... #cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... drop in arterial pressure ... collapse: • Aortic regurgitation ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Waveforms - Differential ... Diagnosis - Absent ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
abrupt rise in RA pressure ... EKG of the same ... are enough to diagnose ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
pressure (~100 ... , and elevated JVP ... is identified (video ... highest on my differential ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
narrow proportional pulse ... pressure (pulse ... murmur of valvular regurgitation ... Chest x-ray: signs ... #management #cardiology