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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential ... Diagnosis - Absent ... a wave - Atrial ... Atrioventricular dissociation ... #JVP #Differential
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
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Jugular Waveform ... - due to atrial ... bulging of the tricuspid ... opening of the tricuspid ... #Waveforms #JVP
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
contraction of atria ... in the JV. ... #waves #AV #dissociation ... clinical #video #JVP ... #jugular #neck
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
• Caused by atrial ... against a closed tricuspid ... activation from SVT (e.g ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #CVP
Cannon A Waves of Complete Heart Block on Physical Exam
A patient presented to clinic with lightheadedness
is shown on the neck ... increase in CVP ... diastole, when the tricuspid ... When the atrium ... Clinical #Video #JVP
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
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Neck Examination ... AV dissociation ... for DDI and an atrial ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
In AVNRT, the atria ... are enough to diagnose ... excludes other differentials ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
have elevated JVP ... in the venous waveform ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP ... #Neck #PhysicalExam