What does the A wave represent on RA pressure?

Which of the following are characteristics associated with Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

Which of the following are contraindications of Impella use?

What is the job of a ventricular assist device?

Is the Impella a temporary or permanently implanted device?

V waves greater than twice the mean PCW pressure indicate severe ____.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding MAP?

This cardiomyopathy is due to stress “broken heart syndrome” or after a period of intense or emotional stress.

What type of cardiomyopathy has extremely rigid ventricles which lack flexibility? Right and left sided diastolic pressures do not equilibrate. 

This modality has a catheter with an ultrasound transducer mounted on the near the tip which is placed directly in the coronary artery and is capable of producing a two-dimensional image from the inside out; it also is very helpful in providing info post stent deployment about the position.