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Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Underlying structural heart ... Regurgitation #TR
De Musset's sign of venous origin - Lateral Head Bob (Heart rate ~130 bpm.)

De Musset's of
Lateral Head Bob (Heart ... fusion) of severe TR ... origin" Severe TR ... TricuspidRegurgitation #TR
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluate severity of TR ... causes of PH (left heart
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
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
TR, tricuspid regurgitation ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart
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
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
Right heart dysfunction ... and failure in heart ... systolic excursion; TR
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Rales,+S4, MR and TR ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... e.g., PE, right heart ... accurate in severe TR ... Fick in severe TR ... a_h_ghoneem #Right #Heart
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... a significant TR