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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
pulmonic stenosis - Cannon ... , constrictive percarditis ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... • Caused by atrial ... against a closed tricuspid ... atrial activation from ... #cardiology #CVP
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
Cannon A waves during ... #Awaves #AVNRT ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck ... #Frog #Sign
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive ... Causes = RV failure ... ), and tricuspid ... #PhysicalExam # ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Lancisi's sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation - Physical Exam
Note the large systolic jugular venous wave caused
caused by tricuspid ... IJ vein seen on POCUS ... #PhysicalExam # ... Cardiology #Neck ... #Jugular #JVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• c wave - caused ... bulging of the tricuspid ... the y descent cannot ... #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
ventricle (RV), tricuspid ... Classic “cannon ... wavescaused by ... (↓ RV filling from ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
sucks in" blood from ... associated with constrictive ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes