Doctors refer to the pressure in the vena cava as jugular venous pressure (JVP ... and family medical history carry out a physical examination, including listening to their heart order tests ...

His blood pressure is 140/40 mm Hg, heart rate 90 bpm and respirations 18 breaths per minute. Physical examination reveals elevated jugular venous pressure and an early systolic ejection sound is ...

elevated jugular venous pressure, hepatomegaly, peripheral edema). It should be appreciated that it is not necessary for all the symptoms and signs to be present in individual patients for the ...

A sub-study of the SOLVD trial showed that some clinical signs of CHF, such as elevated jugular pressure or third heart sound, have prognostic value, [5] but their value in a wider population of ...

Findings of right heart failure can be seen upon physical examination including elevated jugular venous pressure, hepatojugular reflux and lower extremity edema. The murmur of pulmonic stenosis is ...

Clinical examination revealed cachexia and gross hepatomegaly. Elevated jugular venous pressure, systolic murmur and mild ankle edema were noted. Echocardiography revealed features consistent with ...