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Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... - Normal Cardiac ... #Heart #Cath #Cardiac ... Pressures #RHC #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... out Left-Sided Heart ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Palpitations, light-headedness ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
typical boot shaped heart ... along with concave Pulmonary ... the most common cardiac ... Chest #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #pediatrics #cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation ... classification, and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #cardiology #Angina
Interpreting Right Heart Catheterizations

Always interpret a RHC based on the indication for getting the test. This
Interpreting Right ... Heart Catheterizations ... What is the cardiac ... #RHC #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Cardiomyopathy - Right ... e.g.congenital heart ... disease, pulmonary ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
Maneuvers An algorithm ... regurgitation; PS, pulmonary ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... heart failure, ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
injury: Chronic heart ... illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #troponemia