"Kussmaul's sign" is: (A) Increase in the JVP during inspiration, (B) Decrease in the JVP during inspiration, (C) Change in the blood pressure during exercise, (D) Epigastric pulsation during running
Answer is A. (Increase in the JVP during inspiration) (1306-H) (1384-H17lh)Kussmaul's sign - an increase rather than the normal decrease in the JVP during inspiration-is most often caused by severe right-sided heart failure, it is a frequent finding in patients with constrictive pericarditis or right ventricular infarction**