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Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Echocardiography - Right Atrial ... - Mean Pulmonary ... Pressure - Pulmonary ... PVR) - Left Atrial ... #Formulas #Cardiology
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Atrial ... mmHg (Diastolic) Pulmonary ... Diastolic) Left Atrial ... Pressure or Pulmonary ... #RHC #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Waveforms and Pressures ... Right Atrial Pressure ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... Mean: 9-19 mm Hg Pulmonary-Capillary ... wedge #diagnosis #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
(RA, RV) ● Pulmonary ... arterial pressure ... (PAp) ● Pulmonary ... – CVP]/CO) ● Pulmonary ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... overdrive • Elevated ... mmHg developed atrial ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial ... capillary wedge pressure ... ) -right atrial ... pressure -mixed ... #NormalValues #Differential
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... Control blood pressure ... sinus rhythm in atrial ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
- Differential ... - Chronic pulmonary ... Sympathetic overdrive • Elevated ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Mechanical Ventilation in High Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
- Maintain PEEP < ICP
- Dealing with ICP
- HOB effect
High Intracranial Pressure ... Post-intubation Management ... #Intracranial #Pressure ... #ICP #Elevated ... #management #pulmonary
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Waveforms - Differential ... myxoma, pulmonary ... Waveforms #JVP #Differential ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology