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Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
Canon A waves in ... pressure → pressure wave ... exaggerated A wave ... #Awaves #waves ... #neck #cardiology
Cannon A Waves in AVNRT on Neck Physical Exam

69 year old female patient comes with a
Cannon A Waves in ... sign shown , what ... a waves in AVNRT ... #AWaves #AVNRT ... #JVP #Cardiology
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
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 # ... #Cardiology
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 ... a waves are enough ... #Awaves #AVNRT ... #Cardiology #Neck
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
being the "c" wave ... accentuated the "a" wave ... single large “a/c” wave ... a wave. ... we see flutter waves
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
flutter waves when ... standard 12 lead ECG ... perpendicular to the wave ... flutter waves may ... #Cardiology #EKG
1. "Sinus Tach" at ~150 bpm is your cue to look for flutter waves
2. Don't trust
look for flutter waves ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #ECG #Atrial #Flutter
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
obscenely huge waves ... it giant A or V wave ... nice to have ur finger ... #Fibrillation #Neck ... #JVP #Clinical
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Wave Inversion ... threatening T wave ... angina; but T wave ... Serial EKGS in pts ... EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram