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Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Pulmonary arterial ... Idiopathic pulmonary arterial ... - Congenital ... due to left heart ... #Differential #Causes
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary arterial ... lung disease, left ... m/s • Other signs ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... ventricular septum 2)
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
secondary to Pulmonary Arterial ... Pulmonary arterial ... This case illustrates ... sign is that the ... Failure #Pulmonary #Arterial
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... Diffuse and focal arterial ... tortuosity Stage 2: ... arteriole/venule ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect in arterial ... lung disease Caused ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... cycles after right atrial ... passage • Arterial
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
No evidence of left ... atrial hypertension ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... signs of opioid
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... Digital clubbing (2- ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Pulmonary artery hypertension ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
In order to get good visualization of the RV, Intravenous Definity (brand name echo contrast material)
echo contrast material ... left (circled below ... as McConnell's sign ... #Definity #A4C ... #McConnells #Sign
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
purple abdominal striae ... , oral cavity) Caused ... 5) Secondary hypertension ... suspected: chest x-ray ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
What do you see ... and pulmonary hypertension ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... clinical #pocus #a4c