Jugular venous pressure

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Waveforms of the jugular venous pressure (including a brief explanation for each wave). The "c" wave represents right ventricular contraction "pushing" the tricuspid valve back into the right atrium. Reproduced with permission from Oxford University Press (Longmore JM et al. The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, 5th Edn, p. 79).

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Interpreting JVP Jugular Venous Pressure, Cardiac Nursing, Medical Terminology, Cardiology, Assessment, Cardio, Nursing, Medicine, Matter

Imaging of the heart can be done with numerous technologies, but none can reproduce observation of the JVP (or the stethoscope for that matter), which has been reduced to a mere curiosity. The JVP has often been regarded as a difficult clinical sign to interpret,1 and many textbooks have not helped in this respect. ...

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