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Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Heart Pressures ... Pressure - Pulmonary ... PVR) - Left Atrial ... #Heart #Cardiac ... #Cardiology #Calculations
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... - Normal Cardiac ... Atrial Pressure ... Pressure or Pulmonary ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... arterial pressure ... (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
The cardiac cycle describes each heart beat, incorporating relaxation and contraction. Phase one describes diastole and
The cardiac cycle ... describes each heart ... see above that atrial ... #Pathophys #Cardiology ... #Phonogram #Electrocardiogram
Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Right Heart Catheterization ... Right Atrial Pressure ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... Mean: 9-19 mm Hg Pulmonary-Capillary ... wedge #diagnosis #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
along with concave Pulmonary ... the most common cardiac ... #Falot #Chest #XRay ... CXR #clinical #radiology ... peds #pediatrics #cardiology
The more we learn the heart the more we improve our “temporal resolution” at understanding a
more we learn the heart ... phenomenon —the cardiac ... Pathophysiology #Cardiology ... #HeardSounds #Pressures ... #Phonogram #Electrocardiogram
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... (PIRATES): - Pulmonary ... - Ischemia (cardiac ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... myxoma, pulmonary ... , severe right heart ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology