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POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring ... #Output #CO #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
Waveforms Direct measurements ... pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... SvO2) Indirect measurements ... ) ● Cardiac index ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Cardiac Amyloidosis

Huge Atria, Thick LV and IntraAtrial Septum with Apical Sparing

- Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD
@onco_cardiology

#Amyloidosis #Echocardiogram #POCUS
Huge Atria, Thick ... LV and IntraAtrial ... #Amyloidosis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Cardiology #Cardiac
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Systolic Right Atrial ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Right Atrial Appendage Aneurysm on Echocardiogram

1 year old child with rapidly worsening dyspnea. No murmur.
This was
Right Atrial Appendage ... in a pediatric cardiac ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology #pediatrics
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
LV End Diastolic ... sectional area of the LV ... blood from the LV ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... comparison #challenges #management
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... correlate in the SHOCK trial ... much as 40% in cardiac ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
placed through an arterial ... sync with the cardiac ... The thick-walled LV ... Balloon #Pump #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... other coexisting cardiac ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Jenni #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... time; LA, left atrium ... ; LV, left ventricle ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram