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Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Grading - Schematic ... LV compliance), ECG ... progression, LA: left atrium ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Grades #Criteria
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
a patient with Atrial ... Fibrillation #Neck #JVP ... #Clinical #Video ... #AFib #PhysicalExam ... #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Tamponade Beck's Triad ... heart sounds, JVD ... paradoxus - ECG ... Echocardiography will show diastolic ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
In AVNRT, the atria ... EKG of the same ... This tracing plus ... are enough to diagnose ... #Cardiology #Neck
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... 100/82, HR 74, JVP ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... heart is pounding, racing ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Trans-Pulmonary Gradient ... , TPG, and Diastolic ... Pulmonary Gradient ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz