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Evaluation of JVP

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And that will be the approximate level of the tricuspid valve, the reference point for measuring right atrial pressure. That occurs in right heart failure and constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis is an important cause for Kussmaul sign or inspiratory increase in jugular venous pressure.