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A new “Avatar” in Jugular venous pulse examination

September 3, 2010 3:19 am

Looking at the neck veins for hours  together  has been a favorite pastime of our cardiology ancestors.Thanks to those sharp intellect , that has led us to this height of cardiovascular revolution. Measuring JV pressure by itself was considered a big science. Putting a patient in 45 degrees , marking the sternal angle, identify the  oscillating venous column,  measuring   the vertical distance  etc . . .

Now in 2010 , with bedside hand-held echo one can rapidly  rule out an elevated  central venous pressure by imaging the jugular vein directly . Here is an article from American heart  journal

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20211304

Simon MA, Kliner DE, Girod JP, et al. Detection of elevated right atrial pressure
using a simple bedside ultrasound measure. Am Heart J 2010; 159:421–427.

Soon , your mobile will double up as ultra-portable  echocardiogram

Read this related article in this blog .

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2 Responses to “A new “Avatar” in Jugular venous pulse examination”

  1. May I use your illustration demonstrating JVP measurement for a pathophysiology text book I am writing for publication. Do you have any copyright restriction?

    By Teri on March 3, 2011 at 11:18 pm

    1. Hi

      I do not know who owns the copy right of an image made out of random collections from Internet.
      The concept and comment was mine. So , i think as long as no body objects it can be used.
      But I can assure one thing .Using the contents from my web site is absolutely copy right free .
      thank you for writing to me .

      venkatesan

      By drsvenkatesan on March 4, 2011 at 2:42 am

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