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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential ... Diagnosis - Absent ... pulmonic stenosis - Cannon ... #JVP #Differential ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
Cannon A Waves on ... Cannon a waves ... Cannon a waves indicate ... #AWaves #Neck # ... PhysicalExam #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 ... diastole, when the tricuspid ... #AWaves #Complete ... #HeartBlock #PhysicalExam
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
Cannon A Waves in ... a waves in AVNRT ... #AWaves #AVNRT ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... against a closed tricuspid ... a wave usually ... #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
Cannon A waves during ... a waves are enough ... to diagnose the ... #Awaves #AVNRT ... #PhysicalExam #JVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Components • a wave ... • c wave - caused ... the y descent cannot ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... in the venous waveform ... the underlying diagnosis ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #AWaves ... #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 ... Lancisis #sign #PhysicalExam ... #Waveform #Clinical ... #Video #Neck #JVP
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

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