Medical MCQ-For the following cardiac abnormalities, select the characteristic JVP finding.Complete heart block

For the following cardiac abnormalities, select the characteristic JVP finding.Complete heart block

Cannon a wave

prominent x descent

Kussmaul's sign

slow y descent

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Medicine

Correct Answer:

Cannon a wave

Description:

Large a waves occur with increased resistance to filling (tricuspid stenosis, pulmonary hypertension) or when the right atrium contracts against a tricuspid valve closed by right ventricular systole (Cannon a waves) in complete heart block or other arrhythmias.

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