Friedreich's sign

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[edit] Friedreich's sign

This is the diastolic collapse of the cervical veins due to adhesion of the pericardium leading to a dramatic Y descent (in JVP) and may be seen in constrictive pericarditis with a calcified pericardium, and in tricuspid regurgitation.

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