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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... - Differential ... a wave - Atrial ... Atrioventricular dissociation ... #JVP #Differential
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
contraction of atria ... pressure → pressure wave ... exaggerated A wave ... #waves #AV #dissociation ... #jugular #neck
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... against a closed tricuspid ... • The cannon a wave ... 2LmUODZ #Cannon #AWaves ... #CVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Components • a wave ... • c wave - caused ... • v wave - results ... #Waves #Jugular ... #Waveforms #JVP
Cannon A Waves of Complete Heart Block on Physical Exam
A patient presented to clinic with lightheadedness
Cannon A Waves of ... is shown on the neck ... The a wave is the ... diastole, when the tricuspid ... have cannon a waves
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on ... Cannon a waves ... AV dissociation ... for DDI and an atrial ... #JVP #Clinical
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 ... Tricuspid Stenosis ... #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... following the wave ... in the venous waveform ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam
Lancisi's sign on Physical Exam
Lancisi's sign = loss of the x descent (in tricuspid regurg) creating
x descent (in tricuspid ... creating a fused cv wave ... #PhysicalExam #Waveform ... Clinical #Video #Neck ... #JVP #Tricuspid
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform ... venous pressure (CVP ... ventricle (RV), tricuspid ... forward flow like tricuspid ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology