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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
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Mean Arterial Pressure is the average arterial pressure throughout one cycle, systole and
Mean Arterial Pressure ... cycle, systole and diastole ... formula: MAP = Diastolic ... - Diastolic Pressure ... MAP = DP + 1/3 (Pulse
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Widened Pulse Pressure ... and the diastolic ... Pulse Pressure = ... - Diastolic Blood ... #Pressure #Differential
Physical Exam - Corrigan's Pulse

While the patient was sitting upright, the right carotid artery was visibly
Exam - Corrigan's Pulse ... swelling and rapid diastolic ... Corrigan’s pulse ... pressure with large ... fall in arterial pressure
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... extremities, narrow pulse ... pressure, pallor ... pressure, other ... uw_IMresidency #Shock #Differential
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... Pressure - Differential ... Elevated Intracranial Pressure ... Sepsis #Wide #Pulse ... #Pressure #Differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Pulse Abnormalities ... - Differential ... - Variation in pulse ... drop in arterial pressure ... Disorders #Cardiology #Differential
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
, systole, and diastole ... formula: MAP = Diastolic ... – Diastolic Blood ... MAP = DBP + 1/3(Pulse ... + (2 x Diastolic
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
Quincke's Pulse ... orthopnea/PND, wide pulse ... pressure (~100 ... another case of diastolic ... highest on my differential
Mean arterial pressure (MAP)

A common method used to estimate the MAP is the following formula:
* MAP
Mean arterial pressure ... Where DP is the diastolic ... blood pressure, ... and PP is the pulse ... pressure.