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Calculation of Intracardiac Shunts by Cardiac Cath and Flamm Formula

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Pulmonary blood flow is designated as QP and systemic blood flow as QS in hemodynamic calculations. When there is a left to right shunt, pulmonary blood flow is more than the systemic blood flow. The systemic blood flow is more than the pulmonary blood flow when there is a right to left shunt.

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Chest X-ray Features of Pulmonary Hypertension

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Couple of chest X-rays showing serial changes in pulmonary hypertension over the years and another with features of severe pulmonary hypertension. The post Chest X-ray Features of Pulmonary Hypertension appeared first on All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders.

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Antler Sign in Pulmonary Venous Hypertension

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Transcript of the video: Now we will discuss a chest X-ray showing antler sign in pulmonary venous hypertension. So, the shape of the upper lobe vessels in venous hypertension, pulmonary venous hypertension, will be resembling the antlers of the stag. For a change, first we will see the picture of a stag, with antlers.

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What are the Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases With Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow?

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Tetralogy of Fallot TOF with pulmonary atresia Pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum Tricuspid atresia Double outlet right ventricle Transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis Ebstein’s anomaly of tricuspid valve In DORV and tricuspid atresia, there are also variants with increased pulmonary (..)

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What are the Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases with Increased Pulmonary Blood Flow?

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D-Transposition of great arteries Double outlet right ventricle without pulmonary pulmonary stenosis Taussig-Bing anomaly Total anomalous pulmonary venous return Truncus arteriosus Single ventricle (double inlet ventricle, univentricular heart)

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Sympathetic Crash Acute Pulmonary Edema

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Sympathetic Crash Acute Pulmonary Edema

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Biatrial enlargement with pulmonary venous hypertension

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Biatrial enlargement with pulmonary venous hypertension