Harvi-Student 2024

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Cardiopulmonary Physiology Basics 2024
written by Marc Dickstein, MD and Daniel Burkhoff, MD PhD

PART 1: THE BASICS
Cardiac Cycle

Time Varying Elastance

Preload

Afterload

Contractility

Lusitropy

Frank-Starling Relations

PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO CARDIAC PATHOLOGY
Aortic Stenosis

Aortic Insufficiency

Mitral Stenosis

Mitral Insufficiency

Coronary Circulation

Heart Failure with Reduced EF (HFrEF)

Heart Failure with Preserved EF (HFpEF)

Cardiogenic Shock (CGS)

Pericardial Physiology

PART 3: INTRODUCTION TO OXYGEN DELIVERY AND THE ABG
Oxygen

The 5 causes of Hypoxemia

Carbon Dioxide

The ABG

Oxygen Delivery Tutorial