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Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
Cannon A Waves in ... fever, what’s the clinical ... regular cannon a waves ... EMdoc14 #CannonA #AWaves ... #JVP #Cardiology
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
on EKG Typical ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis #comparison
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
because she also has Kussmaul's ... the underlying diagnosis ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #AWaves ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
inferior sawtooth waves ... • Negative F waves ... • Positive F waves ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
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 ... rapid cannon a waves ... Hussainch #Cannon #Awaves ... #PhysicalExam #JVP
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... • The cannon a wave ... activation from SVT (e.g ... 2LmUODZ #Cannon #AWaves ... #CVP
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Neck Examination ... being the "c" wave ... waves at double ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Inferior leads: Sawtooth waves (fast up, slow down; "negative")
on EKG • Inferior ... leads: Sawtooth waves ... with positive "p waves ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Inferior leads: "Positive" waves often notched (usually not
on EKG • Inferior ... leads: "Positive" waves ... & negative "P waves ... #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Pericarditis A 50-year-old ... you evaluate her JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical ... #Neck #JVP #Jugular