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Hepatojugular reflux



Introduction: Hepatojugular reflux

Description of Hepatojugular reflux

Hepatojugular reflux: an elevation of venous pressure visible in the jugular veins and measurable in the veins of the arm, produced in active or impending congestive heart failure and constrictive pericarditis by firm pressure with the flat hand over the abdomen. Often called hepatojugular reflux when pressure is exclusively over the liver. SYN: abdominojugular reflux.
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Hepatojugular reflux: a venous reflux occurring in congestive heart failure.
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  • reflux
  • pathology
  • health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
  • pathological state
  • condition,status
  • state

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