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Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation ... Waveforms Direct measurements ... SvO2) Indirect measurements ... heart rate) ● Left ... #Diagnosis #RightHeartCatheterization
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left ... Echocardiogram ... cystic mass in left ... Final diagnosis ... #Myxoma #Echocardiogram
Interpretation of the Results of Ankle-Brachial Index Measurement

>1.30     Poorly compressible vessels, arterial
Interpretation of ... Ankle-Brachial Index Measurement ... –0.89 Mild arterial ... The presence of arterial ... AnkleBrachialIndex #ABI #diagnosis
Hepatic Vein Doppler Waveform
WAVE | DIRECTION |  PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE | MECHANISM OF
- Retrograde - Atrial ... Doppler #Waveform #diagnosis ... #pocus #comparison ... #interpretation
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Catheterization – Use and Interpretation ... However, when the diagnosis ... mixed, hemodynamic measurements ... pressure) -right atrial ... #Diagnosis #PACatheter
Performing Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement
Sensitive and Specific + Inexpensive Test for Diagnosing PAD [In Patients
Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement ... Chronic Peripheral Arterial ... Returns (Repeat Measurement ... Right PT/DP → Left ... PT/DP → Left Brachial
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... atrium; LV, left ... diameter; RA, right atrium ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation ... (CVP) or right atrial ... tracings obtained for LEFT ... CVP #Waveform #Interpretation ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
Capnography Measurement ... CO2 • PaCO2 - Arterial ... copd • Curare cleft ... #Capnography #interpretation ... waveforms #patterns #diagnosis
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
from right to left ... septum - Bows from left ... Differentiating #PAH #PVH #Echocardiogram ... #comparison #diagnosis ... cardiology #pulmonary #arterial