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

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Normal Cardiac Pressures ... mmHg (Diastolic) Pulmonary ... Artery Pressure ... or Pulmonary Capillary ... #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 ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... Mean: 9-19 mm Hg Pulmonary-Capillary ... wedge #diagnosis #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 ... Resistance Index Pulmonary ... #Normal #Cardiology
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
of Wide Pulse Pressure ... - Chronic pulmonary ... Arteriovenous fistula ... #Wide #Pulse #Pressure ... Diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
(RA, RV) ● Pulmonary ... arterial pressure ... (PAp) ● Pulmonary ... – CVP]/CO) ● Pulmonary ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Widened Pulse Pressure ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Arteriovenous fistula ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Mitral stenosis - Recommendations for classification of mitral stenosis severity

Valve area, 
Mean gradient and 
Pulmonary artery
gradient and Pulmonary ... artery pressure ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #MeanGradient #Pressures
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 ... Artery #Catheter #Pressures ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Control blood pressure ... Central aortic blood pressure ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Management #Cardiology ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment