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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
dysfunction and failure ... in heart failure ... time; LA, left atrium ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
pressure and the diastolic ... Blood Pressure - Diastolic ... of developing atrial ... PP and systolic hypertension ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
workup right-heart failure ... , (B) a septal mitral ... , (C) mild diastolic ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
(a4c) It belongs ... with a history of hypertension ... Mitral valve doesn ... ASD with R/L shunting ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram ... is a disease of diastole ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria ... #cardiology #a4c
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
RV Failure secondary ... Echocardiogram ... displaced valve (the tricuspid ... PAH #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #s4c
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
hypertension in ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... artery pressure via tricuspid ... PPHTN • Peak tricuspid ... ventricular size, Right atrial
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Small secundum ASD ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... The tricuspid valve ... displaced than the mitral ... associated with an atrial ... #cardiology #a4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... New-onset Heart Failure ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... symptomatic heart failure