See Also: Kussmaul's sign(medicine)
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Kussmaul's sign (medicine)


Kussmaul's sign
<clinical sign> In constrictive pericarditis, a paradoxical increase in venous distention and pressure during inspiration; seen occasionally in effusive-constrictive pericarditis when tamponading pericardial fluid overlies a constricting epicarditis.

Synonym: Kussmaul's symptom.