Eagle_303 Forum Senior
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| | 05/11/08 - 10:11 PM  
 
   
 
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You are shown a patient in the medical ward with - -tachypnoea
- -cyanosis
- -chest basal rales
- JVD
- S3 -present
Investigation - Cardiac index > 2.5
- Pulmonary capillary Wedge pressure >15
What will be your thought about the diagnosis of the patient ?
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| Vietnamese Forum Elite
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| | 05/11/08 - 10:58 PM  
 
   
 
|   #2 |
Diastolic heart failure.
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| mildus Forum Guru
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| | 05/23/08 - 02:14 PM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
why not dilatative CMP?
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| mildus Forum Guru
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| | 05/23/08 - 02:16 PM  
 
   
 
|   #4 |
oh, sorry, I didn't notice cardiac index; it now sounds more like diastolic failure
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