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

A
Cannon a wave
B
prominent x descent
C
Kussmaul's sign
D
slow y descent
High-Yield Explanation
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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