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Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... dissociation + retrograde ... Cannon #AWaves #diagnosis
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
obvious P (or retrograde ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
in RA pressure caused ... apex 2) a small retrograde ... ventricle (RV) 4) a retrograde ... This wave is caused ... Ultrasound #tracing #diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
identify non-calculus causes ... abdominal pain: diagnoses ... for non-calculus causes ... inconclusive Surgical—retrograde ... urinary tract: diagnostic
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
heart disease Causes ... full compensatory pause ... • Retrograde capture ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis
Avascular Necrosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Physical Trauma (esp. to the scaphoid bone with damage
with damage to retrograde ... ) • Multiple causes ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Hepatic Vein Doppler Waveform
WAVE | DIRECTION |  PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE | MECHANISM OF
GENERATION a - Retrograde ... Transicional (antegrade, retrograde ... Doppler #Waveform #diagnosis
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
US demonstrating a dilated loop of bowel with retrograde peristalsis (to and from sign or "whirling")
of bowel with retrograde ... #Obstruction #Retrograde
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis