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Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Heart Pressures ... Atrial Pressure ... (mPAP) - Right ... Pressure - Pulmonary ... PVR) - Left Atrial
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Right Heart Catheterization ... arterial pressure ... /m2) (SVI = CI/heart ... rate) ● Left ... Hb x SaO2) ● Oxygen
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Right Heart Cath ... Right Atrial ... Diastolic) Left Atrial ... Pressure or Pulmonary ... #Heart #Cath #Cardiac
Right Heart Catheterization Waveforms and Pressures
Right Atrial Pressure:
 • Mean: 1-5 mm Hg
Right Ventricular Pressure:
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Right Heart Catheterization ... Right Atrial Pressure ... Mean: 1-5 mm Hg Right ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... Mean: 9-19 mm Hg Pulmonary-Capillary
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... of developing atrial ... fibrillation at a rate ... Infarction • Pulmonary
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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Atrial Fibrillation ... Palpitations, light-headedness ... • Structural heart ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Rate Control •
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HEMODYNAMIC PATTERNS
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CO C(a-v)02 PVR

SVR
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Cardiac Tamponade
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→ ↓ → →↑ Pulmonary ... 90 bpm CO/SV Heart ... Arterial Pressure ... Cardiac Work Index, Right ... Stroke Work Index, Right
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Heart Failure with ... Control blood pressure ... hypertension, pulmonary ... hypertension and right ... heart dysfunction
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Palpitations, light-headedness ... : • Valvular heart ... • Structural heart ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... ventricular pressure
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Tricuspid stenosis, right ... pulmonary hypertension ... Tricuspid stenosis, right ... heart failure,