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====Physical Exam====
 
====Physical Exam====
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- Muffled heart sounds
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* Muffled heart sounds
- Right-sided congestive heart failure: jugular venous distension, jugular pulses, ascites, pleural effusion
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* Right-sided congestive heart failure: jugular venous distension, jugular pulses, ascites, pleural effusion
- Weak pulses due to poor cardiac output
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* Weak pulses due to poor cardiac output
- Pulsus paradoxicus (pulse quality varies excessively with respiration)
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* Pulsus paradoxicus (pulse quality varies excessively with respiration)
- Sinus tachycardia, compensatory mechanism for reduced cardiac output in order to maintain systemic blood pressure
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* Sinus tachycardia, compensatory mechanism for reduced cardiac output in order to maintain systemic blood pressure
    
====Radiography====
 
====Radiography====
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