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Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
wave - due to atrial ... - due to right atrial ... • c wave - caused ... y descent - is caused ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP
Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
F.
Atrial Septal Defect ... Atrial Fibrillation ... Waveform #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... - Diagnosis, Causes ... Presentations Causes ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Mnemonic
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... by atrial contracting ... dissociation + retrograde atrial ... Cannon #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... tachycardia • Atria ... : Premature Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Absent a wave - Atrial ... Flutter waves - Atrial ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Defect ** • Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
contraction in atrial ... in RA pressure (atrial ... systole + passive atrial ... filling in atrial ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform ... ) or right atrial ... “cannon waves” caused ... - ‘c’ wave (TV cusps ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Many underlying causes ... not limited to: MVP ... Tendineae #POCUS #Echocardiogram