Chicken or the Egg
Pre or Post-capillary PHTN: Pulmonary embolism
What is pre-capillary?
Normal range of <- 18%
What is LV global longitudinal strain (LV GLS)?
Diastolic heart failure is referred to as:
What is HFpEF?
True or False: RVSP is always equal to PASP.
False. RVSP is not equal to PASP in the presence of an RVOT obstruction.
Pre or Post-capillary PHTN:COPD
What is pre-capillary?
Normal range of >18%
What is LA reservoir strain (LARS)?
Right heart failure due to pulmonary disease is referred to as __________.
What is cor pulmonale?
_______ = 4VTR2 + RAP
What is RVSP?
Pre or Post-capillary PHTN: Mitral stenosis
What are the post-capillary?
Normal range of <-20%
What is RV free wall strain (RVFWS)
Symptoms of systemic venous congestion result from (left/right) heart failure?
What is right?
_______ = 4VPI Max2 + RAP
What is mPAP?
Pre or Post-capillary PHTN: HFrEF
What is post-capillary?
For normal LV GLS, all segments of the bull's eye should be colored _________.
What is deep red?
Appearance of the LV walls and chamber with HFrEF.
What are thin walls and chamber dilatation?
_______ = 4(VPI end-diastolic)2 + RAP
What is PAEDP?
Pre or Post-capillary PHTN:COPD + HFpEF
If a segment of the LV shows up as a positive value or is colored blue, this is indicative of _________.
What is dyskinesis?
List at least 3 symptoms related to systemic venous congestion and right heart failure.
What are: JVD, ascites, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, peripheral edema, weight gain, fatigue, GI distress
_______ = 4(VTR)2 + RAP - 4(VPV max)2
What is PASP (with RVOT obstruction)?