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Mechanical Cardiac Support Devices Compared
Cannula Size - Insertion Technique - Haemodynarnic Support
IABP:
 • Afterload: Reduced
 •
Cardiac Support Devices ... Support IABP: • Afterload ... TandemHeart: • Afterload ... Impella: • Afterload ... Cardiac #Support #Devices
Extraglottic Airway Devices - Comparison Table 

Device - Image - Position/Type - Gastric Decompression? - Allows
Extraglottic Airway Devices ... Comparison Table Device ... Extraglottic #Airway #Devices
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
Afterload also affects ... an increase in afterload ... dromotropy, and lusitropy ... #afterload #Heartrate ... chronotropy #dromotropy #lusitropy
VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
Contractility, ↓ Afterload ... Vasodilators: ↓ Afterload ... Reducing ECMO Flow: ↓ Afterload ... • IABP: ↓ Afterload
Cardiac Maneuvers and Effects on Murmurs

Valsalva Standing - Decr BIood Return to LV
Laying Down, Squatting, Straight
Phenylephrine - Incr Afterload ... Nitrate - Decr Afterload ... Post PVC - Decr Afterload
Oxygen Delivery Devices
1. Flow is a variable describing the movement of a volume of gas over
Oxygen Delivery Devices ... oxygen delivery device ... Oxygen delivery devices ... Variable devices ... Devices delivering
The Death Spiral: Increased RV Afterload (Acute PE) 
#Pathophysiology #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism #Embolism #DeathSpiral #Shock #RVDysfunction #RebelEM
: Increased RV Afterload
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
Pre-TAVR: High afterload ... Post-TAVR: Rapid ↓ in afterload ... Phenylephrine to ↑ Afterload
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
reductions in afterload ... elevations in afterload
Instructions for Proper Office Blood Pressure Measurement
Conditions
 • Quiet room with comfortable temperature.
 • Before measurements:
Device • Validated ... upper-arm cuff device ... accurate electronic devices ... For electronic devices ... cuffs according to device