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Estimating Left Ventricular Filling Pressure by Echocardiography

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction #Diastology #Diastasis #EWave #AWave
Estimating Left Ventricular ... Echocardiography #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... POCUS #Diastolic #Dysfunction
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
Right heart dysfunction ... dysfunction. ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... Criteria #Assessment #RVDysfunction
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Diastolic Right Ventricular ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... dysfunction • ... insufficiency (MC) Cardiac ... #differential #diagnosis
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... regurgitation secondary to ventricular ... atrioventricular block - Ventricular ... Abnormal a-wave #Cardiac ... #Involvement #diagnosis
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Severe LV dysfunction ... persistent rest angina ... Sustained ventricular ... #Indications #Cardiac
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Echocardiography Right ventricular ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #RVDysfunction
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... • Diastolic Dysfunction ... Disease • Stable Angina ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
alterations in cardiac ... accumulation, & cardiac ... rhythm dysfunction ... Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology #diagnosis
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION ... infarction, following cardiac ... venous return/ventricular ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #Types #diagnosis