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Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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RAP) or Central Venous ... Pressure (CVP) ... Diastolic) Pulmonary Artery ... Pressures #RHC #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
found to have elevated ... you see in the venous ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
Normally, venous ... cardiac surgery ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Video #Clinical #JVP ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam # ... cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... Angiography or Cardiac ... , h/o of cardiac ... #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
(CO) ● Mixed venous ... SVR = 80 x [mean artery ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Specific Signs: elevated ... jugular venous ... epicardial coronary artery ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology