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Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Evaluate severity of TR ... causes of PH (left heart ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Rales,+S4, MR and TR ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Underlying structural heart ... Regurgitation #TR
Heart Sounds
#Heart Murmurs #Heart Sounds #Algorithm #Heart #Murmurs #cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Heart Sounds #Heart ... Murmurs #Heart ... Sounds #Algorithm #Heart ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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inability of the right heart ... cardiomyopathy, severe TR
De Musset's sign of venous origin - Lateral Head Bob (Heart rate ~130 bpm.)

De Musset's of
Lateral Head Bob (Heart ... fusion) of severe TR ... origin" Severe TR ... TricuspidRegurgitation #TR
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
TR, tricuspid regurgitation ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Congenital Heart ... Classification and Differential ... #Congenital #Heart ... Classification #Differential
Differential Algorithm for Adult Heart Murmurs 

Dr. André Mansoor @AndreMansoor - Author of Frameworks for Internal
Differential Algorithm ... for Adult Heart ... #Algorithm #Heart ... cardiology #diagnosis #differential
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
identify at slower heart ... ’ descent with TR ... pericarditis (CP), ↓ with TR ... systole). ↑ in TR