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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive ... blue marks on her chest ... you evaluate her JVP ... Causes = RV failure ... #PhysicalExam #
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT ... she declines any chest ... s the clinical sign ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
to diagnose the case ... ’s called Frog sign ... #PhysicalExam # ... JVP #Cardiology ... #Neck #Frog #Sign
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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No constriction! ... DDx includes constriction ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam # ... clinical #video #jvp
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... the skin (middle chest ... the underlying cause ... + XRT tattoo = constrictive ... #PhysicalExam #
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Typically the JVP ... or increase in JVP ... associated with constrictive ... #physicalexam # ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Kussmaul's #sign ... fall of mean #JVP ... Commonest cause ... Constriction, restrictive ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam