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Swan Ganz - Pulmonary Artery Catheter Basics

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#PA #SwanGanz #Pulmonary #Artery #Catheter #Basics #Diagnosis
Artery Catheter ... MD @nickmmark #PA ... #Basics #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #ICU #pressures
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Pulmonary Artery ... Medicine @ucsdim #PA ... #Pulmonary #Artery ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Artery Pressure ... (PAP): • 15-25 ... or Pulmonary Capillary ... #RHC #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
Pulmonary Artery ... <8 • Aortic pressure ... 10 • Aortic pressure ... #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pulmonary
POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... of Dyspnea #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #POCUS #Dyspnea ... #Ddxof #Lung #Pulmonary
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
Regurgitation - Elevated Pulmonary ... Artery Systolic ... Pressure - Decreased ... #diagnosis #Right ... #Ventricular #cardiology
Severe functional TR (w/o color and CW Doppler) on TTE 2D and 3D
How do we estimate
artery pressure ... PA dilation, short ... PA acceleration ... indeed useless for PA ... #pocus
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
(PAp) ● Pulmonary ... SVR = 80 x [mean artery ... /CO) ● Pulmonary ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Interpreting Right Heart Catheterizations

Always interpret a RHC based on the indication for getting the test. This
for suspicion of pulmonary ... (PA mean > 20 mmHg ... are the filling pressures ... Catheterization #RHC #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Pulmonary Artery Clot seen on PSAX in Acute Saddle Pulmonary Embolism

Suspicious for PE? You can use
Pulmonary Artery ... in Acute Saddle Pulmonary ... You can use #POCUS ... artery itself can ... clot in right PA