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Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Echocardiography - Right Atrial ... Mean Pulmonary Artery ... - Pulmonary Artery ... PVR) - Left Atrial ... #Formulas #Cardiology
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Atrial ... Diastolic) Pulmonary Artery ... Diastolic) Left Atrial ... #RHC #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Waveforms and Pressures ... Right Atrial Pressure ... Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... normal #wedge #diagnosis ... #cardiology
The cardiac cycle describes each heart beat, incorporating relaxation and contraction. Phase one describes diastole and
see above that atrial ... pressure after ... dicrotic notch after ... the first fall after ... #Pathophys #Cardiology
Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
Arrhythmias • Atrial ... Escape Rhythm • Atrial ... :1 AV Block • Bidirectional ... #Arrhythmias #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
SVR = 80 x [mean artery ... contraction in atrial ... (atrial diastole ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Normal Hemodynamic Cardiac Parameters

Central Venous Pressure 

Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure 

Cardiac Index 

Stroke Index 

Systemic Vascular
Central Venous Pressure ... Pulmonary Artery ... Wedge Pressure ... #Normal #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Index
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
However, when the diagnosis ... underlying pulmonary artery ... resistance -pulmonary artery ... ) -right atrial ... #Diagnosis #PACatheter
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Pulmonary Artery ... Catheter Pressures ... decompensated Pulmonary Arterial ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
ASD and Bidirectional Shunt on Cardiac CTA
Cardiac CTA ASD with “artistic rendering” of a bidirectional shunt.
ASD and Bidirectional ... rendering” of a bidirectional ... #Bidirectional ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #diagnosis ... #clinical #cardiology