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Cardiologist @PennMedicine | Alum @MGHMedicine & @BrownMedicine | Sports Cardiology & Nutrition, Echo, WIC | tweets my own
Aug 24, 2018 9 tweets 6 min read
#FITSurvivalGuide - Right Heart Catheterizations
1⃣&2⃣ - Applications
3⃣ , 4⃣ , 5⃣ & 6⃣ - Data: Pressures, PCWP Waveform, CO & Shunts
7⃣ - Complications
Take home: RHC = useful diagnostic tool. Safe & effective use depends on thoughtful placement and data intepretation #FITSurvivalGuide - Right Heart Catheterizations
1⃣ - Applications
Accurate assessment of hemodynamics and etiology of shock
Assessment and management of severe HF e.g. "tailored therapy"
Evaluations of intracardiac shunts, valvular lesions
Perioperative management of severe HF