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Assessment of LV Diastolic Function by Echo in SR and AF

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Some of the other useful parameters are mitral E velocity deceleration time, changes in mitral inflow with Valsalva maneuver, mitral L velocity, isovolumic relaxation time, left atrial maximum volume index, pulmonary vein systolic/diastolic velocity ratio, color M-mode Vp and E/Vp ratio. J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. Ha J et al.

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What is going on in V2 and V3, with a troponin I rising to 1826 ng/L at 4 hours?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This suggests that there is pulmonary hypertension and thus possibly RVH. So we did a bedside cardiac ultrasound. Severe tricuspid regurgitation. --The The estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure is 31 mmHg + RA pressure. That condition is tricuspid stenosis, which is rare. Right atrial enlargement, severe.

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Basics of Echocardiography

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

During echocardiography, a transducer transmits the ultrasound beam towards the heart. The aorta, right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary artery up to its bifurcation is imaged in the upward angulation shown in the left panel. Colour flow shows the flow in pulmonary artery. Three cuts are usually obtained in this view.

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Right heart failure as a cause of pulmonary congestion in pulmonary arterial hypertension

European Journal of Heart Failure

CI, cardiac index; FC, functional class; IQR, interquartile range; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; sPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; WHO, World Health Organization.

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A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

My bedside ultrasound was of insufficient quality, but showed somewhat reduced overall EF, distended IVC without respiratory variation, no pericardial effusion, and diffuse bilateral B lines. == What do you think of her ECG? CXR confirmed bilateral pulmonary edema and bilateral small effusions. RVEF 34%, RV is mildly enlarged.