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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... , pulmonary hypertension ... Cardiac tamponade #Abnormal ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
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,
Catheter Pressures Normal ... Arterial HTN Pulmonic ... Stenosis Tricuspid ... Stenosis Tricuspid ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology
Cervical Central Canal and Neural Foraminal Stenosis Grading

Cervical Central Canal Stenosis Grading
 - Normal - No
Grading - Normal ... effacement - Mild - Partial ... Grading - Normal ... Classification #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #MSK #MRI
Auscultation of Split S2 - Differential Diagnosis
 • Normal or physiologic
 • Wide, fixed splitting -Atrial
fixed splitting -Atrial ... inspiration - Pulmonary ... stenosis, RBBB ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #Auscultation #physicalexam
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... severe mitral stenosis ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
 •
Catheterization - Pulmonary ... have a low or normal ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc ... catheter #diagnosis #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... Recent PCI/stenting ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... sx overlap with normal ... Management during ... Serial TTE and close ... #cardiology #treatment