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Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Right Heart Catheterization ... Waveforms and Pressures ... Right Atrial Pressure ... Right Ventricular Pressure ... #RightHeart #Catheterization
Interpreting Right Heart Catheterizations

Always interpret a RHC based on the indication for getting the test. This
Interpreting Right Heart Catheterizations ... are the filling pressures ... #Right #Heart #Catheterization
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization ... Pulmonary arterial catheterization ... artery occlusion pressure ... capillary wedge pressure ... -right atrial pressure
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... Interpretation of Pressures ... Central venous pressure ... capillary wedge pressure ... x [mean artery pressure
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... Pulmonary Artery Pressures ... • Reflects the pressure ... available in most catheterization ... #Right #Heart #Catheterization
Pressure Recovery (PR). 
When the ventricle contracts, blood flow converges beyond the aortic valve (AV) at
Pressure Recovery ... 40 mm Hg of net pressure ... 60 mm Hg, while catheterization ... ) accounts for pressure ... echocardiography/catheterization
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
ventricular systolic pressure ... pulmonary artery pressure ... , Right atrial pressure ... - Right heart catheterization ... units, PA wedge pressure
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
jugular venous pressure ... proportional pulse pressure ... (pulse pressure ... systolic blood pressure ... Consider right heart catheterization
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Cardiac surgery/catheterization ... Control blood pressure
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
pulmonary-artery pressure ... with right heart catheterization ... pulmonary-artery pressure