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Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Catheterization Waveforms ... Right Atrial Pressure ... : • Mean: 1-5 ... • Diastolic: 1- ... wedge #diagnosis #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
and Waveforms ... (RA, RV) ● Pulmonary ... arterial pressure ... (PAp) ● Pulmonary ... #Cardiology
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
• ElA ratio << 1 ... <8 • Aortic pressure ... • ElA ratio > 1 ... comparison #diagnosis #cardiology ... #pulmonary #arterial
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
Cardiac Arrest Algorithm ... • Quantitative waveform ... • Pulse and pressure ... pressure waves ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary
Adult Cardiac Arrest - ACLS Circular Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least
ACLS Circular Algorithm ... • Quantitative waveform ... • Pulse and pressure ... pressure waves ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... 1. ... causing ⬆️ RA pressure ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... intrapulmonary #cardiology