Part 1 · The Heart and Circulation
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With the patient lying back at about 45 degrees, doctors look for a soft flicker in the neck. That flicker is the jugular venous pulse (JVP). The higher it rises above the breastbone, the higher the pressure inside the right side of the heart — for example when the heart is failing and blood is backing up.
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