Term
| Pulmonary Vascular HTN is defined as a mean arterial pressure of? Arterial systolic pressure of? |
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Definition
1) greater than 25 mm Hg at rest or 30 mm Hg with exercise
2) 34-50 mm Hg by echo estimation |
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Term
| method of choice for screening high risk patients for pulmonary HTN. |
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Definition
| transthoracid echocardiography with doppler estimation of pulmonary artery pressure |
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Term
| Electrocardiography findings associated with acute cor pulmonale |
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Definition
1) pulmonary HTN
2) R ventricular dilation without hypertrophy
3) septal flattening with paradoxical septal motion |
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Term
| Main difference between Acute and Chronic cor pulmonale |
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Definition
| R ventricle will be hypertrophied in chronic cor pulmonale |
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Term
| Treatment for chronic cor pulmonale |
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Definition
1) tx underlying disorder
2) oxygen - for hypoxia
3) use diuretics carefully
4) beta agonist for inotrophy |
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Term
| Primary Pulmonary Hypertension is more dominant in which sex? |
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Definition
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Term
| What should be avoided in patients with primary pulmonary HTN? |
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Definition
| Pregnancy, avoid oral contraceptives |
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Term
| Clinical manifestations of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary HTN |
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Definition
| months or years after embolism with symptoms of pulmonary HTN |
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Term
| What is the best screening test for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary HTN? |
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Definition
| Ventilation-perfusion scan: large segmental defects |
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Term
| Which collagen vascular diseases have a high incidence of pulmonary HTN? |
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Definition
| scleroderma, especially with CREST syndrome |
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Term
| What are the most common symptoms associated with Pulmonary AV malformations? |
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Definition
| dyspnea with exercise progressing to dyspnea at rest |
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