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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
Right heart dysfunction ... mechanisms and management ... right ventricular dysfunction ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... CongestiveHeartFailure #RVFailure #Criteria
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Right ventricular function ... Cardiology #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #RVDysfunction ... #Measurements #Criteria
ASE Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Diastolic Function
 - Myocardial Function and LV Filling
 - Criteria for
of LV Diastolic Function ... LV Filling - Criteria ... of LV Diastolic Dysfunction ... According to Diastolic Dysfunction ... echocardiography #echocardiogram
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
inflammation is found, an echocardiogram ... before performing echocardiogram ... purposes of this algorithm ... , decreased LV function ... Disease #Incomplete #Algorithm
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction ... • Functional ... Dyspepsia • Functional ... Distension #Bloating #Management
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
mastocytosis Criteria ... minor or 3 minor criteria ... without organ dysfunction ... impaired liver function ... hemepath #pathology #algorithm
Stepwise Assessment of Diastolic Function

Reem Hasan,MD @reemhas88138365

#Diastolic #Dysfunction #diastology #algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram #diagnosis
Assessment of Diastolic Function ... reemhas88138365 #Diastolic #Dysfunction ... #diastology #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Transthoracic echocardiogram ... diagnosis Diagnostic criteria ... Effect: improves functional ... Effect: improves functional ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Functional status ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... or LV dysfunction ... medical and surgical management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
nervous system (CNS) dysfunction ... thrombocytopenia • Liver function ... Histopathologic criteria ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management