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Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Echocardiography - Right ... Atrial Pressure ... Artery Pressure ... (mPAP) - Right ... Artery Pressure
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... Cardiac Pressures Right ... • 2-6 mmHg Right ... Artery Pressure ... #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Right Heart Catheterization ... and Pressures Right ... Atrial Pressure ... Mean: 1-5 mm Hg Right ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery
Left Atrium
 - The upper posterior border of the heart is formed by the left atrium.
Right Ventricle ... filled by the right ... Enlargement of the right ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
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,
Pulmonary Artery ... Arterial HTN Pulmonic ... Regurgitation Left-to-Right ... Shunt Right-to-Left ... #diagnosis
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Effusion - Diastolic Right ... Collapse - Systolic Right ... Atrial Collapse ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Effusion - Diastolic Right ... Collapse - Systolic Right ... Atrial Collapse ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
• Decreasing right ... thromboembolic material ... with right heart ... 20 degrees C → Right ... Used to reduce pulmonary-artery
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
Artery Hypertension ... septum - Bows from right ... Bows from left to right ... Echocardiogram #comparison #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pulmonary
ECG distribution corresponding to RWMA territories. Anterior RWMA corresponds to left anterior descending artery. Inferior RWMA
corresponds to right ... coronary artery ... Lateral RWMA corresponds ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Territory