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Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
HFpEF.4, 8, 23-25 The ... mortality and heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
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and failure in heart ... mechanisms and management ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... CongestiveHeartFailure #RVFailure #Criteria
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The faster the heart ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #treatment
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
The HEART score ... further workup and treatment ... ED to help focus ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
disease, left heart ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... Diagnostic criteria ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... #management #hepatology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... treatment goal ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed