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Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
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Jugular Venous Pressure ... Tricuspid Regurgitation ... Tricuspid Stenosis ... #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Pressure Waveforms ... pulmonic stenosis - Cannon ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Pressure (JVP) ... with Every Beat - Cannon ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #physicalexam
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
bulging of the tricuspid ... the y descent cannot ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
• Caused by atrial ... against a closed tricuspid ... dissociation + retrograde atrial ... #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Atrial ... or Central Venous ... Pressure (CVP) ... #RHC #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
pressure (CVP) ... (CO) ● Mixed venous ... closure of the tricuspid ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
Interpretation Central venous ... pressure (CVP) ... Classic “cannon ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Venous
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
contraction of atria ... → pressure wave ... travels up the venous ... clinical #video #JVP ... jugular #neck #cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
In AVNRT, the atria ... abrupt rise in RA pressure ... are enough to diagnose ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology