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CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Disease (Preserved Diastolic ... /Systolic Function ... • Mitral Regurgitation ... Constriction #CHF
Mitral Regurgitation - Carpentier Functional Classification
Type I - Normal leaflet motion
Type II - Excess leaflet motion
Mitral Regurgitation ... - Carpentier Functional ... Classification ... motion during diastole ... #Regurgitation
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function ... electrocardiogram, MI: mitral ... inflow, MA: mitral ... pulmonary venous flow, Vp ... Dysfunction #Grading #Classification
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
100/82, HR 74, JVP ... 15 cm ASA, Kussmaul's ... , (B) a septal mitral ... /sec, (C) mild diastolic ... inspiration and a diastolic
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
contraction at end diastole ... back into RA (junctional ... ‘v’ wave with mitral ... regurgitation). ... Success of mitral
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
with a normal echocardiogram ... , and elevated JVP ... preserved systolic function ... confirm high-output HF ... another case of diastolic