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Description: Phonocardiogram and jugular venous pulse tracing from a middle-aged man with pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery pressure 70 mm Hg) caused by cardiomyopathy. The jugular venous pulse tracing demonstrates a prominent a wave without a c or v wave being observed. The phonocardiograms (fourth left interspace and cardiac apex) show a murmur of tricuspid insufficiency and ventricular and atrial gallops.
Title: Phonocardiogram
Credit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cm&part=A622&rendertype=figure&id=A633
Author: Butterworth Publishers
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