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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Venous Pressure Waveforms ... , constrictive percarditis ... #JVP #Differential ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive Pericarditis ... Causes = RV failure ... tricuspid stenosis ... #PhysicalExam # ... #Cardiology
Lancisi's sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation - Physical Exam
Note the large systolic jugular venous wave caused
jugular venous wave caused ... IJ vein seen on POCUS ... #PhysicalExam # ... Cardiology #Neck ... #Jugular #JVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Jugular Waveform ... • c wave - caused ... bulging of the tricuspid ... #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
with constrictive pericarditis ... infarction, massive PE, tricuspid ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
Lancisi’s Sign in ... It is caused by ... #PhysicalExam # ... Neck #Jugular #JVP ... #Cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform ... ventricle (RV), tricuspid ... forward flow like tricuspid ... “cannon waves” caused ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... the underlying cause ... = constrictive pericarditis ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... has Kussmaul's sign ... in the venous waveform ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology