Pulsus paradoxus: a definition revisited.
Pulsus paradoxus is associated with many clinical conditions and is defined as a greater than 10 mm Hg end-inspiratory decrease in systolic blood pressure. Kussmaul's original definition of pulsus paradoxus is presented, along with an explanation of his choice of the term "pulsus paradoxus." A case of pulsus paradoxus is graphically described using simultaneous two-dimensional targeted M-mode, Doppler echocardiographic, and high-fidelity pressure recordings.
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Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, IL 60637.
Neumann
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Carroll
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Borow
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Lang
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D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011674:Pulse / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration; D013599:Systole; D009626:Terminology as Topic