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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Fig. 6

From: Diagnostic accuracy of internal jugular vein ultrasound in quantification of the central venous pressure for hemodialysis patients

Fig. 6

Ultrasound images for a 40 years old female patient (a) a longitudinal ultrasound image where the IJV was distended although its neck course and no collapsing point was detected till the level of the skull base (vertical white arrow) (method 1) (b) transverse ultrasound image for the cross-sectional areas (marked as dotted yellow lines by manual tracers) of the IJV (= 2.46 cm2) and the CCA area (= 0.82 cm2) and the ratio (= 3.01) (method 2). The Invasive CVP measurement (by the catheter) was 21 cmH20

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