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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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cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... and other rarer causes ... physicalexam #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology ... #neck #jugular
Cannon A Waves of Complete Heart Block on Physical Exam
A patient presented to clinic with lightheadedness
Cannon A Waves of ... is shown on the neck ... increase in CVP ... #AWaves #Complete ... #JVP
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... • Caused by atrial ... against a closed tricuspid ... dissociation + retrograde atrial ... #cardiology #CVP
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on ... Cannon a waves ... #AWaves #Neck # ... PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
Canon A waves in ... contraction of atria ... dissociation #clinical #video ... #JVP #jugular # ... neck #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... paradoxical rise in JVP ... ), and tricuspid ... #Clinical #Neck ... #JVP #Jugular #
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform ... venous pressure (CVP ... Classic “cannon ... wavescaused by ... MD @rishimd #CVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• c wave - caused ... bulging of the tricuspid ... the y descent cannot ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... have elevated JVP ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP ... #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on JVP Examination

The main finding on this video I hoped to demonstrates is #kussmauls
on JVP Examination ... paradoxical rise in JVP ... suspicious for frank TR ... #Clinical #JVP ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology