Friday 7 February 2014

Pulse

Pulsus parvus et tardus: Aortic stenosis
Pulsus alterans: Left ventricle failure
Dicrotic pulse: Dilated cardiomyopathy
Jerky pulse: HOCM, Severe MR, AR complicated by severe heart
failure
Collapsing pulse: Aortic regurgitation, Patent ductus arteriosus,
Ruptured sinus of valsalva, Large AV communication,
Hyperdynamic circulation
Pulsus bisferience: AR with or without accompanying AS., HOCM
Pulsus paradoxus: Asthma, Cardiac tamponade, Constrictive
pericarditis, Airway obstruction, Superior vena caval obstruction

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