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Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function Grading ... moderate diastolic dysfunction ... electrocardiogram, MI: mitral ... inflow, MA: mitral ... #Grading #Classification
Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction ... Analyze the mitral ... Grade diastolic dysfunction ... Cardiology #Diagnosis #Grading ... #Classification
Mitral stenosis - Recommendations for classification of mitral stenosis severity

Valve area, 
Mean gradient and 
Pulmonary artery
Mitral stenosis ... Recommendations for classification ... of mitral stenosis ... severity Valve ... area, Mean gradient
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
(HPS) HPS-differential ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... vasodilatation HPS-severity ... classification
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION ... severe aortic or mitral ... Hemorrhagic → leading ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION ... severe aortic or mitral ... Hemorrhagic → leading ... water #Shock #Classification
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Infarction Acute LV/RV Dysfunction ... HTN and LV/RV dysfunction ... affected • Assess severity ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... acuteMI #cardiology #differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... heart is pounding, racing ... or sinus node dysfunction ... heart failure • Mitral ... stenosis) • Severe mitral