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JVP (cannon waves)

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Cannon waves are very large A waves that occur when the right atrium contracts against a closed tricuspid valve.

They occur irregularly in complete heart block and ventricular tachycardia, conditions that are characterised by atrioventricular dissociation with random occasional simultaneous atrial and ventricular contractions.


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