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Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Atrial Pressure ... (CVP) • 2-6 mmHg ... mmHg (Diastolic) Left ... Atrial Pressure ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
arterial pressure ... (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... heart rate) ● Left ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... fibrillation, sinus ... myxoma, pulmonary ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Catheter Pressures ... 25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac ... Arterial HTN Pulmonic ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... right ventricular pressure ... AFib #diagnosis
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
III: restrictive left ... venous flow, Vp ... atrium, PASP: pulmonary ... artery systolic pressure ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
atrial pressure ... fibrillation/flutter ... tracings obtained for LEFT ... atrial pressures ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
cardiomyopathy, massive pulmonary ... infarction and advanced left ... patients after cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Clinical #JVP
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
back into the left ... fibrillation auditions ... that glorious pulmonary ... Diagnosis by echocardiography ... turns into a cardiac
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... causing ⬆️ RA pressure ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... PVeins (extra-cardiac