Smartphone ‘reliably assesses’ jugular venous pressure

Remote video could be useful during the pandemic despite some challenges, cardiologists say
Reuters Health Staff writer
Senior woman's neck to ilustrate jugualr venous pressure

Jugular venous pressure (JVP) in adults with heart failure can be reliably assessed using smartphone video, researchers report. 

US researchers compared JVP estimates performed at the bedside and remotely over video chat in a convenience sample of 31 adults with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction whose clinical care required right heart catheterisation.