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Canon A waves on Physical Examination

Associated with complete heart block. Notice the relatively slow HR. Echocardiography
Canon A waves on ... Echocardiography is normal ... #Awaves #CanonA ... Clinical #video #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology #JVP
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
Cannon A Waves in ... shown , what’s the diagnosis ... ... regular cannon ... #AVNRT #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Abnormal Jugular ... Venous Pressure (JVP ... with Every Beat - Cannon ... Pressure #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #cardiology #physicalexam
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on ... block, or, as this case ... #AWaves #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
transmitted to JV ... are enough to diagnose ... the case as Typical ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... • Caused by atrial ... dissociation • The cannon ... #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... pulmonic stenosis - Cannon ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
result is positive (abnormal ... with a peripheral cause ... with a central cause ... It cannot therefore ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• c wave - caused ... the y descent cannot ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology