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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
F.
Venous Pressure Waveform ... Venous #Pressure #Waveform ... #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Jugular Waveform ... bulging of the tricuspid ... Waves #Jugular #Waveforms ... #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Venous Pressure Waveforms ... - Differential ... Abnormal #Jugular #Waveforms ... #JVP #Differential ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... Typically the JVP ... or increase in JVP ... infarction, massive PE, tricuspid ... physicalexam #diagnosis #cardiology
Lancisi's sign on Physical Exam
Lancisi's sign = loss of the x descent (in tricuspid regurg) creating
x descent (in tricuspid ... #PhysicalExam #Waveform ... #Video #Neck #JVP ... #Tricuspid #Regurgitation
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... you evaluate her JVP ... Kussmaul's sign ... this case), and tricuspid ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform ... pressure (RAP) waveform ... The waveform morphology ... #Waveform #Interpretation ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Demonstration of the parasternal heave using a long Q-tip, known as the "Cooney technique" ( @
Note her JVP waveform ... Which part of the waveform ... PrecordialImpulse #Cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Pressures and Waveforms ... pressures and waveforms ... closure of the tricuspid ... RightHeartCatheterization #CheatSheet #Waveforms ... #Cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
because she also has Kussmaul's ... have elevated JVP ... in the venous waveform ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology