Abdominojugular Test (AJT)
The Hepato-Jugular Reflux (HJR) test was originally described by Pasteur in 1885 as a sign of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) [1].
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JVP
In the JAMA rational clinical exam series, elevated JVP (or JVD) has a reported pooled +LR of 5.1 and -LR of 0.66 for
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The third heart sound has good (as far as exam findings go) operating characteristics for determining if a patient has
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In this JAMA Rational Clinical Exam article [1] the best historical features and patients symptoms to discriminate CHF from other
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