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Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
- Reference Cheat ... Pressure - Pulmonary ... Vascular Resistance ... #Heart #Cardiac ... #Chambers
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial ... index) -systemic vascular ... ) -right atrial ... #Differential #Table ... #Chambers #Wedge
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Catheterization Cheat ... arterial pressure ... (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... vascular resistance ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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• Effusion • Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy Valvular ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Thickening/Masses Chest
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On a chest film ... blood from the pulmonary ... just below the pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #Cardiac #Chambers
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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VASCULAR RESISTANCE ... SYSTEMIC VASCULAR ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... much as 40% in cardiac
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... right ventricular pressure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
intrapulmonary vascular ... defect (Type 1) or anatomic ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... vascular dilation
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... exam Determine Cardiac ... - Peripheral vascular ... change CV risk Chest ... postoperative cardiac