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Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
Echocardiography #Diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic ... Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis
Here’s a basic Diastology primer sheet I made before @sinaiemus echo session based on podcasts by
@SAlerhand #Diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic ... Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Pericardial Effusion - Diastolic ... Vena Cava #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Cath - Normal Cardiac ... • 3-12 mmHg (Diastolic ... • 8-15 mmHg (Diastolic ... #Heart #Cath #Cardiac ... RHC #cardiology #diagnosis
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Pericardial Effusion - Diastolic ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis
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Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
sync with the cardiac ... Balloon inflates in diastole ... coronaries during diastole ... By increasing diastolic ... Balloon #Pump #diagnosis
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Echocardiography will show diastolic ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
magnitude than the diastolic ... velocities during the cardiac ... systolic (S) and diastolic ... seen during the cardiac ... IVC #Congestion #Diagnosis
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... myocardial strain - Diastolic ... Abnormal a-wave #Cardiac ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
- Clubbing Cardiac ... - Murmurs - Cardiac ... Signs #Features #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis