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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
block - Large ... pulmonic stenosis - Cannon ... a waves - Atrioventricular ... dissociation, ventricular ... #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 ... occurs during ventricular ... #AWaves #Complete ... Clinical #Video #JVP
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... a wave usually ... activation from SVT (e.g ... #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Hallmark ECG features of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
AV indicates atrioventricular; LAD, left axis deviation; LBBB, left bundle
AV indicates atrioventricular ... ; RWPT, R wave peak ... #Ventricular #Tachycardia ... #VTach #ECG #EKG ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
Cannon A waves during ... EKG of the same ... waves are enough ... #Awaves #AVNRT ... #PhysicalExam #JVP
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
Atrioventricular ... (AV blocks) - ECG ... Diagnosis Summary ... #atrioventricular ... #ecg #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... 3 different P waves ... - ventricular pacemaker ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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- Effusion ECG ... block - Ventricular ... arrythmias (V. tachycardia ... - Abnormal a-wave ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... Bundle branch block ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... No associated P-wave ... , and the T-wave
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
in the chest or neck ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... caused by advanced atrioventricular ... • Ventricular ... Valvular disease (e.g