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Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization ... Pulmonary arterial catheterization ... underlying pulmonary artery ... resistance -pulmonary artery ... #Differential #Table
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... SVR = 80 x [mean artery ... pressure – CVP] ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... - Pulmonary Artery ... mortality in inferior MI ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... much as 40% in cardiac
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Cardiogenic (Intra-cardiac ... failure, acute MI ... Obstructive (Extra-cardiac ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... Differential #Diagnosis #table
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
New/worsening MR ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... #Indications #Cardiac ... #catheterization
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
electrocardiogram, MI ... PASP: pulmonary artery ... systolic pressure ... Grades #Criteria #Table
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
jugular venous pressure ... (pulse pressure ... epicardial coronary artery ... Consider cardiac ... Consider right heart catheterization
Coronary-Artery Vasospasm - Cardiac catheterization was performed, and the findings showed mild nonobstructive coronary stenosis in
Coronary-Artery ... Vasospasm - Cardiac ... catheterization ... right coronary artery ... CoronaryArteryVasospasm #Angiogram #NEJM
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexpected cardiac ... systolic blood pressure ... < 50 mmHg or cardiac ... adrenaline infusion after ... as patient is stable