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The arrows point to blister cells. These cells are thought to be precursors of helmet cells.
#Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood ... #Smear #BlisterCells
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... #Right #Heart #Cath ... Pressures #RHC #cardiology ... #diagnosis
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Differential/diagnosis ... Activate cath lab ... A4c #clinical #cardiology
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
Differentiating PAH ... Hypertension (PAH ... Differentiating #PAH ... Echocardiogram #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pulmonary
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Differentiate PAH ... Echocardiography #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
troponin elevation Diagnosis ... provocative tests in cath ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Fraction Flow Reserve (FFR) is traditionally used to quantify the degree of coronary artery narrowing to
is used in the cath ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
hypothyroidism, ↑PTH ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
down the wrong path ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology