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JVD
(redirected from Jugular Venous Distention)

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JVDJost Van Dyke (British Virgin Islands)
JVDJugular Venous Distention
JVDJet Vapor Deposition
JVDJournal of Veterinary Dentistry
JVDJoint Venture Development


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There was no carotid bruit or jugular venous distention (JVD).
The increased blood in the ventricles increases the pressures in the chambers of the heart and drives blood backward into the lungs (producing pulmonary edema) and other areas (often producing the characteristic jugular venous distention and peripheral edema of CHF).
There was no jugular venous distention or hepato-jugular reflux; the heart was regular without murmurs, rubs or gallops.
 
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