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Vascular #POCUS review
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How well does HJR reflect left sided filling pressure?
According to S. McGee’s pooled results, HJR has the 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗥, 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗥 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.
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2) Know how a 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟭.𝟱 𝗰𝗺 relates to the length up the neck at different angles
a. 30 deg➡️3 cm
b. 45 deg➡️1.5 cm
c. 60 deg➡️2.6 cm
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Pasteur (not Louis) first described HJR as a sign of TR in 1885
Rondot in 1898 actually coined the phrase HJR and noted that it didn’t just reflect TR
That’s the history. Today it is well established that 𝗛𝗝𝗥 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (in patients with heart failure)
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It is not until 1957 (𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥) that HJR is described as “present with heart failure of all etiologies”.
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In 1925 Lian (professor) and Blondel (intern… wonder who did most of the work 😂 ) reported that 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, not just the liver, to get the response
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Principle of mass conservation: in the absence of valvular regurgitation/ intracardiac shunts, stroke volume is the same across each valve or orifice.
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