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 {{WBRQuestion
|QuestionAuthor=Raviteja Reddy Guddeti MBBS, Aarti Narayan MBBS
|ExamType=USMLE Step 2 CK Flash Card
|MainCategory=Internal medicine
|SubCategory=Cardiovascular
|Prompt=Kussmaul’s sign is seen in which of the following?
|Explanation=The correct answer is chronic constrictive pericarditis. Kussmaul’s sign is failure of the central venous pressure to decline during deep inspiration, which causes distended cervical veins, even when the patient is on diuretics. Other conditions that give a positive Kussmaul’s sign are tricuspid stenosis, right ventricular failure and restrictive cardiomyopathy.
|AnswerA=Acute pericarditis
|AnswerB=Pulmonary embolism
|AnswerC=Right ventricular myocardial infarction
|AnswerD=Chronic constrictive pericarditis
|AnswerE=Cardiac tamponade
|RightAnswer=D
|Approved=Yes
}}