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Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
from right to left ... • ElA ratio << 1 ... • ElA ratio > 1 ... Differentiating #PAH #PVH #Echocardiogram ... #comparison #diagnosis
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... features - Classic triad ... Varicocele(left) ... abdominal CT scan with contrast ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome on Echocardiogram (A4C)
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: Intrapulmonary shunting is most commonly demonstrated by contrast TTE when
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome on Echocardiogram ... demonstrated by contrast ... visualized in the left ... atrium within 3 ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome #Echocardiogram
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... atrium; LV, left ... ventricle; LVEDD, left ... diameter; RA, right atrium ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... , 88% spec • Contrast-enhanced ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cycles after right atrial ... Positive findings on contrast-enhanced
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
the right and left ... the right and left ... heart disease, left ... Cardioversion 1. ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements - Strengths and Weaknesses
(via https://twitter.com/JACCJournals/status/1088104323354185730 )

Clinic Measurements:
• BP measured
Blood Pressure Measurements ... large outcome trials ... precise as only 1 ... Home #Ambulatory #Management ... #PrimaryCare #Comparison
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast ... Effect in Right Atrium ... Differential Diagnosis 1. ... ASD or PFO with left ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
with and without contrast ... material 20 mSv ... with and without contrast ... Scoring 3 mSv 1 ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
lung disease, left ... thromboembolism) 1) ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... Effect: PATENT-1 ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management