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2017 a Question 13
What is the JVP waveform is seen in Complete Heart Block?
a) Cannon waves
b) Prominent a waves
c) Steep y descent
d) Slow X descent
e) Peaked c waves
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Answer:
a) Cannon waves – correct (see above) [technically cannon a waves]
b) Prominent a waves – incorrect: seen in tricuspid stenosis
c) Steep y descent – incorrect: seen in constrictive pericarditis (reflects the predominance of RV filling in early diastole)
d) Slow X descent – ?incorrect: haven’t found much about ‘slow x descent’ but absent x descent seen in TR
e) Peaked c waves – ?incorrect: not much on this but have read that in TR the c wave can merge with the v wave
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