central venous pressure
nounMedical Definition of central venous pressure
: the venous pressure of the right atrium of the heart obtained by inserting a catheter into a vein (such as the subclavian vein) and advancing it to the right atrium through the superior vena cava
Right heart catheterization showed a central venous pressure of 15 mm Hg …— Larry A. Allen et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 6 Feb. 2014
—abbreviation CVP