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Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A large venous wave, or Giant V wave, is visible in
Sign in Severe Tricuspid ... patients with tricuspid ... It is caused by ... the incompetent tricuspid ... valve during ventricular
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• c wave - caused ... bulging of the tricuspid ... valve closing back ... y descent - is caused ... valve.
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
Sign in Severe Tricuspid ... It is caused by ... the incompetent tricuspid ... valve during ventricular ... Lancisis #Sign #Tricuspid
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... against a closed tricuspid ... valve • Atrioventricular
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
The tricuspid valve ... than the mitral valve ... apically displaced valved ... commonest congenital cause ... of tricuspid regurgitation
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... Stenosis • Tricuspid ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
ventricle (RV), tricuspid ... valve (TV), and ... forward flow like tricuspid ... “cannon waves” caused ... Success of mitral valve
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
in RA pressure caused ... displacement of the tricuspid ... pressure that follows tricuspid ... valve (TV) opening ... This wave is caused
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... Pathophysiology #causes
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Influenza Prosthetic Valve ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid