KussmauPs sign is a feature of pericarditis with which of the following?
Ans. b (Constrictive pericarditis). (Ref. Harrison, Medicine, 18th/Ch. 239)CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS (THICK, CALCIFIED PERICARDIUM)# Prominent X and Y descent (Freidrich's sign prominent 'Y' descent)# Kussmaul's sign# Low voltage ECG# Electrical alternans# Small RV size# Absent pulsus paradoxus
Cardiac tamponade
Constrictive pericarditis
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Pericardial effusion
C.V.S.