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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... waves - Atrial ... flutter - Prominent ... #Waveforms #JVP ... Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... deflection not AVRT ... /AVNRT. ... • Atrial Flutter ... #Tachycardia #Differential
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
the atria and ventricles ... transmitted to JV ... excludes other differentials ... #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 ... #Tachycardias #differential
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
Palpitations - Differential ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... Terminates with carotid ... bending over: AVNRT