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Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
1. ... Pulmonary arterial ... Idiopathic pulmonary arterial ... due to left heart ... #Differential #Causes
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
from right to left ... • ElA ratio << 1 ... • ElA ratio > 1 ... Echocardiogram #comparison ... cardiology #pulmonary #arterial
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary arterial ... other obvious causes ... lung disease, left ... thromboembolism) 1) ... ventricular size, Right atrial
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect in arterial ... lung disease Caused ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cycles after right atrial ... passage • Arterial
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Features of Non-Bacterial ... often small (<1 ... Predilection for left-sided ... in up to 30% of cases ... #Endocarditis #comparison
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
and pulmonary hypertension ... 1. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... septum shifts left ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus