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Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
Estimating Left ... Ventricular Filling Pressure ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic ... #Dysfunction #Diastology
Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
for Diagnosing Diastolic ... Dysfunction With ... dysfunction: ... Grade diastolic ... increased LV filling pressure
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function ... , II: moderate diastolic ... dysfunction (pseudonormal ... artery systolic pressure ... #Diastology #Dysfunction
Clinician's Pocket Guide to Vasopressors - Receptor Profiles and Hemodynamic Parameters
 • Systemic Vascular Resistance -
- Circulatory pressure ... Mean Arterial Pressure ... perfusion (2*(Diastolic ... #Vasopressors #Pharmacology ... cheatsheet #management #comparison
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Control blood pressure ... Central aortic blood pressure ... and right heart dysfunction ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Diastolic
Summary of the therapeutic uses of adrenergic agonists
Table of Catecholamine Pressors, Non-Catecholamines, Alpha and Beta Receptor
Catecholamine Pressors ... Therapeutic Uses #Pharmacology ... #Beta #Table #Comparison
ASE Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Diastolic Function
 - Myocardial Function and LV Filling
 - Criteria for
Dysfunction - ... with LV Filling Pressures ... Relaxation, Filling Pressures ... Dysfunction Grade ... #LV #Diastolic
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Pulmonary Artery Pressures ... Gradient, TPG, and Diastolic ... correlates with RV dysfunction ... 0.8 indicates RV dysfunction ... 0.63 predicted RV dysfunction
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
Central venous pressure ... or right atrial pressure ... contraction at end diastole ... ↑ RAP) and RV dysfunction ... filling in early diastole
Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
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Pressors and Inotropes ... thematttsai #Pressors ... #criticalcare #pharmacology ... #comparison #shock