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Mitral stenosis - Recommendations for classification of mitral stenosis severity

Valve area, 
Mean gradient and 
Pulmonary artery
stenosis severity ... Valve area, Mean gradient ... artery pressure #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Mitral ... Stenosis #ValveArea #MeanGradient
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
Aortic Stenosis Grading ... The cut-offs for grading ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Severity ... #Criteria #MeanGradient
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... , inconsistent grading ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Severity ... #Criteria #MeanGradient
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function Grading ... moderate diastolic dysfunction ... inflow, MA: mitral ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Grading #Classification
Mitral Stenosis Severity
Moderate     4.0 - 6.0 cm2
Normal     1.6
Mitral Stenosis ... Severity Moderate ... #Stenosis #Severity ... #Grading #diagnosis ... #cardiology #echocardiography
Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... Diastolic Dysfunction ... Analyze the mitral ... Echocardiography #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Grading
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Infarction Acute LV/RV Dysfunction ... HTN and LV/RV dysfunction ... affected • Assess severity ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... #differential #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart is pounding, racing ... or sinus node dysfunction ... heart failure • Mitral ... stenosis) • Severe mitral ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
determined by the severity ... neurological or cardiac dysfunction ... results from poor vital ... and discuss with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis