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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary ... Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the lung ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... HPS-severity classification
Pulmonary stenosis - severity - Grading of pulmonary stenosis

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Pulmonic #Pulmonary #Stenosis #Severity #Grading #Classification
Pulmonary stenosis ... - severity - Grading ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Stenosis #Severity #Grading ... #Classification
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... AVMs, Hepatopulmonary ... V/Q Mismatch: Pulmonary ... Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Chronic Obstructive Lung ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #Staging #Grading ... #Classification
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function Grading ... atrium, PASP: pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Dysfunction #Grading ... #Classification
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
CT • Distinct pulmonary ... vessel leading ... into a lung nodule ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Mitral stenosis - Recommendations for classification of mitral stenosis severity

Valve area, 
Mean gradient and 
Pulmonary artery
Recommendations for classification ... Valve area, Mean gradient ... and Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... small airways leading ... to pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary ... absence of intrinsic lung ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... on radioactive lung ... 80mmHg or A-a gradient
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
peak systolic gradient ... ventricle, parasternal long ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... peak systolic gradient ... RightVentricular #Cardiology