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Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Diastolic #Dysfunction ... #Diastology #Diastasis
Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Etiology
 • Severity and Grading
 • Management

Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty

#Aortic #Valve #Stenosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis ... • Severity and Grading ... • Management ... AS #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #aorta
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
Balloon inflates in diastole ... coronaries during diastole ... By increasing diastolic ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Here’s a basic Diastology primer sheet I made before @sinaiemus echo session based on podcasts by
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Diastolic #Dysfunction ... #Diastology #Diastasis
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
Diastolic Dysfunction ... Grading - Echocardiography ... #Dysfunction #Grading ... grades #diagnosis #cardiology ... #POCUS
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... pressure - Central aortic ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... #dCHF #Diastolic
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
afterload from aortic ... ↓ Inotropy + ↑ Diastolic ... Ventricle #diagnosis #management ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
a low-pitched diastolic ... revealed moderate aortic ... left ventricular diastolic ... mean transmitral gradient ... clinical #doppler #radiology
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... Ao, aorta; DTI, ... ventricular end‐diastolic ... ventricular end‐diastolic ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
the abdominal aorta ... 5.5cm, or it is growing ... have claimed that POCUS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #Abdominal