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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 ... #Pressures #RHC
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 ... Visualmed #RHC
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 ... Diastolic: 1-7 mm Hg Pulmonary-Artery ... Mean: 9-19 mm Hg Pulmonary-Capillary ... Catheterization #RHC
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
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6th ED
ICU-card
«ICU, Formulas & Drugs»
HEMODYNAMIC PATTERNS
Condition
SAP
CVP

PAP PCWP

CO C(a-v)02 PVR

SVR
Hypovolemic shock
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Cardiogenic shock
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Septic shock
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Cardiac Tamponade
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RV
→ ↓ → →↑ Pulmonary ... 90 bpm CO/SV Heart ... Arterial Pressure ... Cardiac Work Index, Right ... Stroke Work Index, Right
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... equipment to measure oxygen ... nomogram-based estimates of oxygen ... #RHC #PACatheter
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
Oxygen Delivery Equation
DO2 = CO x {(1.39 x Hb x sO2) + (PaO2 x 0.03)}
DO2 =
x 0.03)} DO2 = Rate ... hemoglobin PaO2 = Partial ... pressure of oxygen ... Delivery #Equation #pathophysiology ... #pulmonary #apples
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
pressure > 25mmHg ... embolism Pathophysiology ... heart function ... heart catheterization ... pressure in patients
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
ventricular pressure ... A′ = peak late diastolic ...  right heart thrombus ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... Right heart mobile