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Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Cath - Normal Cardiac ... Venous Pressure (CVP ... • 3-12 mmHg (Diastolic ... • 8-15 mmHg (Diastolic ... #Heart #Cath #Cardiac
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Regurgitation on JVP ... get from this #JVP ... Cardiac rhythm? ... Lancisis #Sign #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
heart sounds, JVD ... Echocardiography will show diastolic ... #Pericardial #Cardiac
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
throughout one cardiac ... , systole, and diastole ... MAP = [Cardiac Output ... Cardiac output ( ... formula: MAP = Diastolic
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
venous pressure (CVP ... pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... pressure (atrial diastole ... filling in atrial diastole
Cannon A Waves of Complete Heart Block on Physical Exam
A patient presented to clinic with lightheadedness
the increase in CVP ... during ventricular diastole ... Complete #HeartBlock #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #JVP
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Cardiac Murmurs ... pulmonary stenosis; MVP ... DrJayMohan #Cardiac ... Heart #Cardiology #PhysicalExam
Cannon A Waves on Neck Examination

Cannon a waves! Notice that it occurs randomly, not predictably w/
predictably w/ the cardiac ... #AWaves #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Clinical
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
patients after cardiac ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Video #Clinical #JVP