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Pathogenesis Diagram of Cor Pulmonale in COPD

Abhilash Cor pulmonale may lead to congestive heart failure (CHF), with worsening of respiration due to pulmonary edema, swelling of the legs due to peripheral edema and painful congestive hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver due to tissue damage as explained in the Complications section. This situation requires diuretics (to decrease strain on the heart), sometimes nitrates (to improve blood flow), phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as silden…

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis and Pathophysiology Diagram

A systolic blood pressure less than 90mmHg due to hypoperfusion commonly defined as Cardiogenic shock. The hemodynamic criterias of cardiogenic shock cannot be separated from the fundamental aspects of normal cardiac function in the pathophysiology that leads to this shock (as shown in the diagram). It consists clinical criteria and hemodynamic criteria to have diagnosis of cardiogenic shock according to this journal. The clinical criterias are…