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Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Right Heart Catheterization ... Waveforms and Pressures ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... #RightHeart #Catheterization ... #RHC #Waveforms
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 ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... Visualmed #RHC
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Catheterization ... arterial catheterization ... artery occlusion ... pressure (ie, pulmonary ... #Differential #Table
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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- Pulmonary Artery ... mortality in inferior MI ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... much as 40% in cardiac ... #RHC #PACatheter