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Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Cardiac rhythm? ... Underlying structural heart ... Regurgitation #TR ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... TR, tricuspid regurgitation ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Rales,+S4, MR and TR ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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inability of the right heart ... cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
and failure in heart ... systolic excursion; TR ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... CongestiveHeartFailure #RVFailure #Criteria
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
identify at slower heart ... ’ descent with TR ... pericarditis (CP), ↓ with TR ... systole). ↑ in TR ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
infarction, massive PE, tricuspid ... stenosis, and severe TR ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... a significant TR ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... The tricuspid valve ... commonest congenital cause ... the origin of TR ... #cardiology #a4c