Hepatic-jugular regurgitation sign

Hepatic-jugular vein reflux sign test is an auxiliary test method to check whether the blood vessels are normal. Signs of hepatic jugular vein reflux in patients with right heart failure. If the enlarged liver is pressed, the jugular vein filling is more pronounced. It is said that the hepatic jugular vein reflux sign is positive and is one of the important signs of right heart failure. Outgoing or constrictive pericarditis. Mechanism: Pressing the stagnant liver increases the amount of blood returning to the inferior vena cava and right atrium, but because the right atrium stasis or right ventricular diastole is limited, the amount of returning blood cannot be fully accepted, resulting in more jugular filling As obvious.

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