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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
, severe right heart ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
Care Medicine algorithm ... pressure (MAP – CVP ... lesions), and cardiac ... #Shock #Algorithm ... CriticalCare #Peds #Pediatrics
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... Maneuvers An algorithm ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... , severe right heart ... failure, right sided cardiac ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
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Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Takayasu disease • Normal ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #causes
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
, and elevated JVP ... Workup for cause ... of diastolic heart ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
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It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... auscultation, JVD ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology