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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... - Differential Diagnosis ... waves - Atrial ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
- Differential Diagnosis ... deflection not AVRT ... /AVNRT. ... • Atrial Flutter ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
shown , what’s the diagnosis ... a waves in AVNRT ... EMdoc14 #CannonA #AWaves ... #AVNRT #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
the atria and ventricles ... are enough to diagnose ... Hussainch #Cannon #Awaves ... #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
3 different P wave ... A regular rhythm ... Atrial flutter ... retrograde) - AVNRT ... #differential #diagnosis
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Jugular Waveform ... heart sound and carotid ... #Waves #Jugular ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Atrial Flutter on ... Hence 2:1 flutter ... AVNRT would show ... JamesOngMD #Atrial ... #PhysicalExam #JVP
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
• Rapid and regular ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... Terminates with carotid ... bending over: AVNRT