Jugular venous pulse: Window into the right heart

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1022-1027

  Devine, Patrick J ^a   Sullenberger, Lance E ^a   Bellin, Daniel A ^a   Atwood, J Edwin ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Jugular venous pulse; Neck veins; Right atrial pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATOJUGULAR REFLUX; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN PULSE; KUSSMAUL SIGN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSATILE FLOW; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 35148863567     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318073c89c     Document Type: Review

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