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Practical Approach to Grading Diastolic Dysfunction

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Diastolic #Diastology #Dysfunction #Grading #Classification #Grades #Criteria #Algorithm #Assessment
Practical Approach to Grading ... Diastolic Dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Grading #Classification ... Grades #Criteria #Algorithm
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Right Heart Catheterization ... Trans-Pulmonary Gradient ... Diastolic Pulmonary Gradient ... 0.8 indicates RV dysfunction ... catheter #diagnosis #cardiology
Algorithm for Diagnosing Diastolic Dysfunction With Doppler Echocardiography
 1. Determine the age of the patient
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... increased LV filling pressure ... (LVFP): #Algorithm ... Echocardiography #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Grading
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
Diastolic Function Grading ... moderate diastolic dysfunction ... artery systolic pressure ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Grading #Classification
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
jugular venous pressure ... (pulse pressure ... identifies systolic dysfunction ... Consider right heart catheterization ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pressure Recovery (PR). 
When the ventricle contracts, blood flow converges beyond the aortic valve (AV) at
gradient, while ... echocardiography mean gradient ... 60 mm Hg, while catheterization ... echocardiography/catheterization ... #Recovery #PR #cardiology