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Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
AVNRT on Neck Physical ... shown , what’s the diagnosis ... EMdoc14 #CannonA #AWaves ... #AVNRT #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Neck Examination ... predictably w/ the cardiac ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical ... #Video #Cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
found to have elevated ... JVP, a parasternal ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Lancisi's sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation - Physical Exam
Note the large systolic jugular venous wave caused
jugular venous wave ... Analogous to pulsatile ... #PhysicalExam #Cardiology ... #Neck #Jugular ... #JVP
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
transmitted to JV ... are enough to diagnose ... Hussainch #Cannon #Awaves ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Heart failure • Elevated ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... - Distended neck ... JVP, echo abnormalities ... Cardiac surgery?
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... , Symptoms and Management ... pseudoinfarct pattern (Q-waves ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
balloon counter-pulsation ... sync with the cardiac ... Weaning by Nick ... Balloon #Pump #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology