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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.
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Waveform Patterns ... #Pressure #Waveform ... #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Pressure Waveforms ... #JVP #Differential ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Jugular Waveform ... - due to atrial ... - due to right atrial ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform ... pressure (CVP) ... pressure (RAP) waveform ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Venous
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
measurements ● Central venous ... pressure (CVP) ... (CO) ● Mixed venous ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Hepatic Vein Waveform

a wave - atrial contraction (end diastole)
S - ventricular systole
v - increasing RA pressure
Hepatic Vein Waveform ... a wave - atrial ... increasing RA pressure ... from systemic venous ... #Venous #diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Pressure (JVP) ... #Jugular #Venous ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #physicalexam
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
contraction of atria ... exaggerated RA pressure ... → pressure wave ... travels up the venous ... jugular #neck #cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
you see in the venous ... waveform? ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
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