VALVULAR HEART DISEASE WITHOUT THE HEARTACHE │ EP119
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Valvular heart disease feels like a memorization topic, but the table of arrows in every review book isn't random. In Week 2 of our 12-week SEE/NCE series, we show you how two questions (pressure or volume problem, systole or diastole) let you rebuild the hemodynamic goals for every valve lesion in the middle of your exam.
In this episode:
- The shortcut: stenosis is full, slow and tight; regurgitation is full, fast and forward
- Aortic stenosis: severe AS numbers, the atrial kick, why phenylephrine is the go-to and why CPR rarely works
- Aortic regurgitation: acute vs chronic, why neuraxial is well tolerated, and the balloon pump contraindication
- Mitral stenosis: protecting the right heart, avoiding PVR triggers, and why wedge pressure overestimates LVEDP
- Mitral regurgitation: the large v wave and why phenylephrine can worsen the leak
- A rapid-fire board review of every lesion, plus how to handle mixed valve disease
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