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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
chest (photo). ... JVP (video). ... paradoxical rise in JVP ... Causes = RV failure ... Clinical #Neck #JVP
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 ... and other rarer causes ... #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Canon A waves on Physical Examination

Associated with complete heart block. Notice the relatively slow HR. Echocardiography
Canon A waves on ... relatively slow HR ... #CanonA #Waves ... Clinical #video #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology #JVP
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... because she also has Kussmaul's ... have elevated JVP ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP ... #Neck #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 ... #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous JVP ... the underlying cause ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #
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 ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on ... block, or, as this case ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
Cannon A waves during ... transmitted to JV ... to diagnose the case ... #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Components • a wave ... • c wave - caused ... y descent - is caused ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology