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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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constriction, restrictive cardiomyopathy ... and other rarer causes ... HF #Kussmauls ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Intolerance, ↑ "Right ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ... thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT ... /MRI) 2. ... Absence of Secondary Cause ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... Typically the JVP ... include restrictive cardiomyopathy ... physicalexam #diagnosis #cardiology ... 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 cardiomyopathy ... PhysicalExam #clinical #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Failure - Differential ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
to diagnose the case ... excludes other differentials ... Hussain Ch @Hussainch ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... or MRI Minor: ... risk factors: cardiomyopathy ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
bronchial obstruction caused ... structures in the right ... CT demonstrated ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... identify non-calculus causes ... Combination of above MRI ... for non-calculus causes ... stones #calculus #Radiology