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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Atrial fibrillation ... waves - Atrial ... stenosis, right atrial ... #Waveforms #JVP ... Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Atrial Flutter on Jugular Neck Examination

What does the neck / JVP exam suggest about the patient’s
Atrial Flutter on ... Permission given.) - Atrial ... VivekKulkarniMD #Atrial ... #Flutter #Jugular ... #JVP #Neck #PhysicalExam
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
- due to atrial ... heart sound and carotid ... - due to right atrial ... to subsequent atrial ... #Waves #Jugular
Jugular Venous vs Carotid Arterial Pulsations on Physical Exam

Jugular Venous Pulsations
• Well appreciated by inspection than
Carotid Arterial ... Arterial Pulsations ... outward movement #JVP ... #Venous #Arterial ... Pulsations #Comparison #PhysicalExam
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Atrial Flutter on ... Hence 2:1 flutter ... JamesOngMD #Atrial ... #Flutter #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #JVP
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... : Use P waves. ... • Atrial Flutter ... waves, is MAT ... #Tachycardia #Differential
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Atrial fibrillation ... Multifocal Atrial ... Atrial flutter ... (Ectopic) Atrial ... #Tachycardias #differential
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
In AVNRT, the atria ... excludes other differentials ... Hussainch #Cannon #Awaves ... #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
a patient with Atrial ... can you see the carotid ... Regurgitation #Atrial ... Fibrillation #Neck #JVP ... #Video #AFib #PhysicalExam
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachycardia (2) Atrial ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... (3) Multifocal atrial ... 3 different P waves ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #differential