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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular > Heart Function Tests > Cardiac Catheterization > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
Investigative Techniques > Catheterization > Cardiac Catheterization > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
Therapeutics > Catheterization > Cardiac Catheterization > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
... > Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Endovascular Procedures > Catheterization, Peripheral > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures > Endovascular Procedures > Catheterization, Peripheral > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
Investigative Techniques > Catheterization > Catheterization, Peripheral > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
Therapeutics > Catheterization > Catheterization, Peripheral > Catheterization, Swan-Ganz

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Catheterization, Swan-Ganz  

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Definition

  • Placement of a balloon-tipped catheter into the pulmonary artery through the antecubital, subclavian, and sometimes the femoral vein. It is used to measure pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure which reflects left atrial pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. The catheter is threaded into the right atrium, the balloon is inflated and the catheter follows the blood flow through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle and out into the pulmonary artery.

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  • Swan-Ganz Catheterization

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z11681M1-5

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