Anatomy, Pericarditis and Pulmonary - Cardiovascular Update

Evaluation of JVP

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 20, 2024

To revise the anatomy lessons, this is the external jugular vein and this is the internal jugular vein. That occurs in right heart failure and constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis is an important cause for Kussmaul sign or inspiratory increase in jugular venous pressure.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

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JANUARY 9, 2023

CT angiogram chest: no aortic dissection or pulmonary embolism. Serial chest xrays: progressive bilateral pulmonary edema. Pericarditis? No further troponins were measured. Echo: severely dilated LV, severely reduced EF at 10%, severe hypokinesis of LV from mid-apical segments with basal segments better preserved.

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Evaluation of JVP

A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

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