Cardiac pressures
From Radipedia
Right Atrium: 0-8 mmHg mean
Right Ventricle
- Systolic: 15-30 mmHg
- Diastolic: 0-8 mmHg
Pulmonary Artery
- Systolic: 15-30 mmHg
- Diastolic: 3-12 mmHg
Pulmonary Hypertension
- Systolic PA pressure > 30 mmHg or mean pressure > 18 mmHg
- Enlarged central PA, > 30 mm main or 20 mm of right PA
- Enlarged RV
- Calcification of PA
- Primary Pulmonary HTN - diagnosis of exclusion - classically young women
- Secondary Pulmonary HTN
- Chronic lung disease - COPD, emphysema, fibrosis
- Chronic PE
- Mitral stenosis
- Left to Right shunt (ASD, VSD, PAPVR, PDA)
- Schistosomiais - most common worldwide, not in US
