What are the cardiovascular features in severe anaemia?
The features are: Tachycardia, capillary pulsation Water-hammer pulse Cervical venous hum Cardiomegaly (cardiac enlargement) and signs of heart failure (later), hyperdynamicapex, haemic murmur over pulmonary area, mitral systolic murmur due to functionalmitral regurgitation (MR), rarely mid-diastolic murmur in mitral area secondary toincreased blood flow.NB: Tachycardia and systolic flow murmur are usually evident when Hb <7.5 g/dL.
The features are: Tachycardia, capillary pulsation Water-hammer pulse Cervical venous hum Cardiomegaly (cardiac enlargement) and signs of heart failure (later), hyperdynamicapex, haemic murmur over pulmonary area, mitral systolic murmur due to functionalmitral regurgitation (MR), rarely mid-diastolic murmur in mitral area secondary toincreased blood flow.NB: Tachycardia and systolic flow murmur are usually evident when Hb <7.5 g/dL.