Cardiology>>>>>Heart Failure
Question 70#

Again you notice an elevated systemic venous pressure without obvious x or y descent and quiet precordium and pulsus paradoxus.

What does the patient have?

A. Constrictive cardiomyopathy
B. Restrictive cardiomyopathy
C. Tricuspid regurgitation
D. Pulmonary HTN
E. Tamponade

Correct Answer is E

Comment:

Tamponade. There is constant pressure from the pericardium that does not allow for atrial relaxation so the y descent is blunted.