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Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... 1. ... Pulmonary arterial ... arterial hypertension ... due to left heart
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... not specific • Chest ... Vessels Thrombi ... Removal → Left ... Thrombi Removal
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... • Absence of P waves ... atrial thrombus ... Cardioversion 1.
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
The classic triad ... abdominal mass, hypotension ... Slow, graded compression ... Singh, MD #Clinical ... #Radiology #POCUS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... cycles after right atrial ... disease - Portal hypertension ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Tachypnea, - Low-grade ... No evidence of left ... atrial hypertension ... airway secretions, hypotension ... : Tachycardia, hypertension
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
the OR in under 1 ... aortic root, and left ... atrium should roughly ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... EM #Radiology #POCUS
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... months before 1°
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... with a history of hypertension ... sinus rhythm... 1. ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... hypertension? ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #pocus #a4c #intrapulmonary