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RAISED JVP |
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pulsatile: |
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right-sided cardiac failure, eg. with severe COPD, pulmonary hypertensionpulmonary embolism [acute right ventricular strain / failure]cardiac tamponade [Kussmaul's sign = JVP rises with inspiration]tension pneumothorax constrictive pericarditis restrictive cardiomyopathy fluid overload tricuspid regurgitation [pathological V waves]tricuspid stenosis [large a waves]cannon waves [complete heart block with atrial pulses, nodal or ventricular tachycardia]goitre right-sided atrial myxoma Valsalva manoeuvre |
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non-pulsatile: |
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SVC obstruction cardiac tamponade |
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