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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Large a waves - Tricuspid ... myxoma, pulmonary ... hypertension, pulmonic ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
to Pulmonary Arterial ... arterial hypertension ... displaced valve (the tricuspid ... #Arterial #Hypertension ... #s4c #pocus
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
pressures (RA, RV ... ) ● Pulmonary ... closure of the tricuspid ... passive filling of RV ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
diastolic (during atrial ... (or thrombi); RV ... ventricle, parasternal long ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Stenosis • Tricuspid ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Arterial Hypertension ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH) on Echocardiogram

55 year old female.  Amazing how the body adapts
Arterial Hypertension ... dilatation and reduced RV ... #Arterial #Hypertension ... echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c #pocus
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... heart function (JVD ... splitting of S2, S3, tricuspid ... thromboembolic material ... Ventilation-perfusion lung
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... hypertension? ... dysfunctional RV ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... intrapulmonary #cardiology