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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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What’s the diagnosis ... and other rarer causes ... #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... Typically the JVP ... #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
F.
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Tricuspid Regurgitation ... Atrial Fibrillation ... Waveform #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... the underlying cause ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... wave - Atrial fibrillation ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #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
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... developing atrial fibrillation ... developed atrial fibrillation ... #cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
lost in atrial fibrillation ... “cannon waves” caused ... wave with mitral regurgitation ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Venous
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... because she also has Kussmaul's ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology