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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 ... Pressure (RAP) ... Diastolic) Pulmonary Artery ... Diastolic) Left Atrial ... #RHC #cardiology
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 ... Pressure: • Systolic ... 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
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 ... filling in atrial ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Regression of Clubbing after Treatment of Lung Cancer #Clinical #PhysicalExam #Radiology #Clubbing #Regression #LungCancer #CT #NEJM
Regression of Clubbing after ... Cancer #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Radiology #Clubbing ... LungCancer #CT #NEJM
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 ... PA #Pulmonary #Artery ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
wave - due to atrial ... - due to right atrial ... cannot begin until after ... Waveforms #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Physical Exam - Corrigan's Pulse

While the patient was sitting upright, the right carotid artery was visibly
right carotid artery ... rapid fall in arterial ... pressure. ... Corrigans #Pulse #PhysicalExam ... AorticRegurgitation #Signs #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Absent a wave - Atrial ... Flutter waves - Atrial ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology