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Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
- Enlarged • LA ... - Small • RA/LA ... - Large • RA/LA ... Echocardiogram #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pulmonary
Cor triatriatum

Congenital anomaly: heart with three atria
Either LA or RA can be divided into 2 compartments
atria Either LA ... triatriatum dextrum) #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Diagram
Dextrocardia on EKG
 • Limb leads look like LA ←→ RA transposition
 • V1 ←→ V2
leads look like LA ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #clinical
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
more “Push” from LA ... more “Push” from LA ... Also LA enlargement ... echocardiogram #grades #diagnosis ... #cardiology #POCUS
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
flow progression, LA ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Regurgitation - Carpentier Classification
Type I - Normal Leaflet Motion
   - Type la
Motion - Type la ... Regurgitation #MVR #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Final diagnosis ... was degenerated LA ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Chamber Quantification of the Left Heart
 - LV Dimensions
 - LV Volumes
Territories - LA ... Quantification #cardiology ... #pocus #diagnosis
Mitral Regurgitation - Carpentier Classification
Type I - Normal Leaflet Motion
 - Annular Dilation
 - Perforation
Type II
Thickening/Fusion - LV/LA ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #types
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
relaxation time; LA ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology