Pulmonary-artery catheterization aids the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiovascular illnesses, including pulmonary hypertension, cardiogenic shock, mixed shock states, cardiac tamponade ...

Your doctor may also refer to it as pulmonary artery catheterization or right heart catheterization. A Swan-Ganz catheter may be used to diagnose the causes of pulmonary high blood pressure ...

Pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) across North America appears to depend more on the habits and preferences of treating physicians and institutions than it ...

Use of the pulmonary artery catheter decreased by 65 percent in the U.S. between 1993 and 2004, possibly due to growing evidence that this invasive procedure does not reduce the risk of death for ...

In a recent trial, the routine perioperative use of pulmonary-artery (PA) catheters did not benefit high-risk surgical patients (Journal Watch Jan 17 2003). Now, in a multicenter trial ...

Using a pulmonary artery catheter to help manage patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute heart failure was linked to improved survival. The benefit was greatest with use within 6 hours of ...

Authorities have debated the merits of pulmonary-artery (PA) catheters ever since results of a large observational study suggested that they might be associated with increased mortality (Journal ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the relationship between pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use and clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery patients ...