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. 2025 Aug;12(4):3193-3194.
doi: 10.1002/ehf2.15339. Epub 2025 May 27.

Simple jugular venous assessment: a new approach to heart failure

Tatsuya Kawasaki  1
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Simple jugular venous assessment: a new approach to heart failure

Tatsuya Kawasaki. ESC Heart Fail. 2025 Aug.
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Figure 1
An application, Simple JVP©, and its five‐step method, designed to assist with the assessment of jugular venous pressure.
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