JVP

Question 1

non-pulsatile JVP

Answer 1

SVC obstruction

Question 2

Kussmaul’s sign

Answer 2

paradoxical rise in JVP during inspiration

seen in constrictive pericarditis

Question 3

a wave

Answer 3

atrial contraction

Question 4

a wave - large

Answer 4

inc atrial pressure

• tricuspid stenosis
• pulmonary stenosis
• pulmonary htn

Question 5

JVP provides info on

Answer 5

right atrial pressure

Question 6

a wave - absent

Answer 6

AF

Question 7

cannon a waves

Answer 7

caused by atrial contractions against a closed tricuspid valve

• complete heart block
• VT
• nodal rhythm
• single chamber ventricular pacing

Question 8

c wave

Answer 8

closure of tricuspid valve

not usually visible

Question 9

v wave

Answer 9

due to passive filling on blood into atrium against closed tricuspid valve

Question 10

giant v wave

Answer 10

tricuspid regurgitatiom

Question 11

x descent

Answer 11

fall in atrial pressure during ventricular systole

Question 12

y descent

Answer 12

opening of tricupsid valve