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Table 3

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Table 3.

Condition

Pressure changes

Waveform changes

Tricuspid regurgitation

Increased RA pressure

Prominent v wave, x descent obliterated, y descent steep

Right ventricular infarction

Ý RA and RV pressures. RAP does not fall and may rise in inspiration

Prominent x and y descents

Constrictive pericarditis

RA, RV diastolic, PA diastolic and occlusion pressures Ý and equalized. RAP may Ý in inspiration

Prominent x and y descents

Pericardial tamponade

RA, RV diastolic, PA diastolic and occlusion pressures Ý and equalized. RAP usually falls in inspiration

y descent damped or absent

 

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