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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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inability of the right ... rarer causes of right-sided ... HF #Kussmauls ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
left higher than right ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #HilarEnlargement ... #Enlargement #Differential ... Unilateral #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... cavitation in the right ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
structures in the right ... CT demonstrated ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
excludes other differentials ... Hussain Ch @Hussainch ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck ... #Frog #Sign
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
In
common pattern is right ... adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Lymphadenopathy #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Intolerance, ↑ "Right ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Look for other signs ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant