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Normal Hemodynamic Cardiac Parameters

Central Venous Pressure 

Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure 

Cardiac Index 

Stroke Index 

Systemic Vascular
Normal Hemodynamic Cardiac ... Pulmonary Artery ... Cardiac Index ... #Normal #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Index
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Cath - Normal Cardiac ... mmHg (Diastolic) Pulmonary ... or Pulmonary Capillary ... #Heart #Cath #Cardiac ... #cardiology #diagnosis
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... Right Ventricular Pressure ... #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
@SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Catheter Pressures ... 25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac ... Artery #Catheter #Pressures ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Right ventricular pressure ... heart disease, pulmonary ... sclerosis, post-cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... #cardiology #radiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
(PAp) ● Pulmonary ... (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
Regurgitation - Elevated Pulmonary ... Artery Systolic Pressure ... #RV #Strain #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #Ventricular #cardiology
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... hemodynamics after pressors ... #HOCM #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Interpreting Right Heart Catheterizations

Always interpret a RHC based on the indication for getting the test. This
for suspicion of pulmonary ... What is the cardiac ... are the filling pressures ... Catheterization #RHC #diagnosis ... #cardiology