Category: General Cardiology

Total pulsus alternans – pulsus alternans totalis Total pulsus alternans or pulsus alternans totalis occurs when the force of contraction is so low in alternating beats that the

Traube’s pulse – pulsus alternans Pulsus alternans or Traube’s pulse was described by Ludwig Traube in 1872 [1]. Traube’s pulse is nothing but alternating pulses having different volumes and

Austin Flint murmur Austin Flint murmur is the mid diastolic murmur heard in mitral area in a case of severe aortic regurgitation. Original description of the murmur was

Right sided Austin Flint murmur Classical Austin Flint murmur is a mid diastolic murmur in the mitral area heard in those with free aortic regurgitation. By similar analogy,

CCHD with low pulmonary blood flow and cardiomegaly What are the situations of CCHD and low pulmonary blood flow with cardiomegaly on chest X-ray? Tetralogy of Fallot with

Causes of prominent a waves in JVP What are the causes of prominent a waves in JVP? A prominent a wave in jugular venous pulse indicates a resistance

Mechanisms of Austin Flint murmur in aortic regurgitation: fluttering of AML, relative narrowing of mitral orifice, elevated LVEDP, diastolic MR.

When the mitral diastolic murmur is not audible despite the presence of severe mitral stenosis, it is called silent mitral stenosis.

Mechanisms of improvement of heart failure in VSD Mechanisms of improvement of heart failure in VSD: If a child with ventricular septal defect (VSD) and heart failure improves,

Hypertension in Polycythemia Rubra Vera Multiple mechanisms have been proposed as the cause of systemic hypertension in polycythemia rubra vera: Increased number of circulating erythrocytes increase the blood