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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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Kussmaul's Sign ... What’s the diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... and other rarer causes ... #Sign #physicalexam
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... infarction, massive PE, tricuspid ... stenosis, and severe TR ... #Sign #physicalexam ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... ), and tricuspid ... #Sign #PhysicalExam
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... TR, tricuspid regurgitation ... DrJayMohan #Cardiac ... Heart #Cardiology #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... only if no clear cause ... line, stabilizes cardiac ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
in AA and AL Cardiac ... → Mutant TTR → ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... treat the primary cause ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram