Observation of hand veins can facilitate assessment of:
a. mitral valve competency.
b. a heart murmur.
c. right heart pressure.
d. left heart pressure.
C
Hand veins can be used as an auxiliary manometer of right heart pressure. Assess the hand veins while the hand is at the patient's side. Then raise the hand until the veins collapse, and use a ruler to measure the vertical distance between the midaxillary line (level of the heart) and the level of the collapsed hand veins.
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