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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
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... with a history of hypertension ... idiopathic. 2. ... Long chronic severe ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
arterial hypertension ... causes (chronic lung ... disease, left heart ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular septum 2)
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Microbubbles appear in left ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC)
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
liver disease and pulmonary ... hypertension? ... as atrial septum ... shifts left ... clinical #pocus #a4c
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
inferior vena cava; LA ...  = left atrium; ... LV = left ventricle ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
Transesophageal Echocardiogram ... ME-Long axis view ... ME Right Pulmonary ... Pulmonary veins ... ME Left Atrial Appendage
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung ... and undergoing AAA ... CARP, DECREASE V trials