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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Jugular Venous Pulse

Chapter:
Nomenclature
Author(s):

Harriet S. Meyer

15.3.5 Jugular Venous Pulse

The jugular venous pulse contours are expressed with italic single letters and roman words:

a wave (atrial)

x descent

z point

c wave

x′ descent

v wave (ventricular)

y descent (or y trough)

h wave

Examples:

prominent a wave

giant a wave

steep x descent

increased v wave

abrupt y descent