Question:easy
Beck's triad is seen in:
Beck's triad is seen in:
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Hypotension, muffled heart sounds, raised JVP, all from sudden fluid around the heart.
Updated On: Jun 24, 2026
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Cardiac tamponade
- Right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI)
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
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The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
Beck's triad is a memory aid for three findings that appear together in one acute condition. The three are a low blood pressure, soft or distant heart sounds, and bulging neck veins from a high jugular venous pressure.
Put those three together and they describe cardiac tamponade. Here fluid collects quickly in the pericardial space and squeezes the heart from outside. The squeezed ventricles cannot fill, so output and blood pressure fall, the fluid layer muffles the heart sounds, and blood dams back into the venous system to raise the JVP. That single condition explains all three signs, so the cardiac tamponade option is the answer.
The other choices do not fit. Constrictive pericarditis is a slow, scarring problem identified by a pericardial knock, Kussmaul sign, and often a calcified pericardium. A right ventricular infarct can mimic some features with low pressure and raised neck veins, but the named triad is not its hallmark. Restrictive cardiomyopathy produces gradual right-sided failure, again not this acute three-sign cluster.
Therefore the triad belongs to tamponade.
$$\boxed{\text{Cardiac tamponade}}$$
Put those three together and they describe cardiac tamponade. Here fluid collects quickly in the pericardial space and squeezes the heart from outside. The squeezed ventricles cannot fill, so output and blood pressure fall, the fluid layer muffles the heart sounds, and blood dams back into the venous system to raise the JVP. That single condition explains all three signs, so the cardiac tamponade option is the answer.
The other choices do not fit. Constrictive pericarditis is a slow, scarring problem identified by a pericardial knock, Kussmaul sign, and often a calcified pericardium. A right ventricular infarct can mimic some features with low pressure and raised neck veins, but the named triad is not its hallmark. Restrictive cardiomyopathy produces gradual right-sided failure, again not this acute three-sign cluster.
Therefore the triad belongs to tamponade.
$$\boxed{\text{Cardiac tamponade}}$$
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