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Watch what happens when "pericarditis" and morphine cloud your judgment

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

06:44 - T-waves in V2 are smaller now - Overall resolution of prior findings (which qualifies as a dynamic change) The initial note by the cardiologist states that the presentation is more consistent with pericarditis. Remember, pericarditis is the thing you say and write down when youre actively trying to miss an OMI.

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Evaluation of JVP

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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. The Y descent is shallow in tricuspid stenosis, and absent in cardiac tamponade. But in a VSD with pulmonary hypertension A wave is not prominent.